125-Mile Traffic Jam Traps Russian Motorists In Frigid Temperatures for Days

Drivers are stranded for up to three days in sub-zero temperatures with some running out of fuel to keep engines and heating on.

Tens of thousands of vehicles have been stuck - some for three days - in a huge traffic jam on a motorway northwest of Moscow.

The length of the queue on the M-10 highway, which is one of the busiest in the country, was put at up to 120 miles (200km), according to media reports.

Heavy snow has been blamed for the gridlock - with one driver reported as saying he had travelled just \"one kilometre over 24 hours\".

Field kitchens have been set up along stretches of the road but many drivers said they are running out of fuel to keep their engines and heating running in the sub-zero temperatures.

\"Drivers help one another and that's it, the problems are on the side of the authorities. There are no gasoline tankers, no water, nothing. We are just stuck here,\" a truck driver called Sergei said.

A police official said that by Sunday evening \"the reach of the traffic jam is no longer than 55km and is gradually falling\". The motorway is now thought to be moving normally again.