Moscow and several major cities across the European part of Russia are sweltering under a record-breaking spring heatwave, with summer-like temperatures expected to grip the capital until the weekend.

Moscow and several major cities across the European part of Russia are sweltering under a record-breaking spring heatwave, with summer-like temperatures expected to grip the…

The previous warmest May 20 in Moscow was in 1897, when the air temperature reached 29.7 degrees Celsius