Tens of thousands of people across Russia are currently living with no heating or hot water following an unprecedented wave of infrastructure failures. Even large cities like Novosibirsk and Vladivostok, as well as the suburbs of Moscow, have experienced burst hot-water mains, ruptured heating pipelines, and crumbling municipal infrastructure. These incidents have escalated since the beginning of 2024, with temperatures dropping to -30 degrees and below in some parts of the country. While such failures are not a new phenomenon, considering Russia’s frigid winters and aging Soviet-era infrastru…