Temperatures in Moscow on Friday reached 33 degrees Celsius (91 degrees Fahrenheit), breaking a 70-year record, Fobos meteorological center said.
"As of 15.00 Moscow time (11.00 GMT), meteorological stations in Moscow registered 33 degrees Celsius, 0.2 degrees higher the record set on July 16, in 1938," a meteorologist said.
Meteorologists say the heat wave in the entire Central Russia area will last until July 22.
