Caption: Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: A view shows the deserted Red Square in Moscow 18 January 2006. Students at state primary schools in Moscow were allowed to stay home at parents' discretion and the stalwart Kremlin ceremonial guard service said it may halve shifts around the eternal flame at the foot of the Kremlin walls to 30 minutes as overnight temperatures plunged below minus 30 C (minus 22 F) in the capital. Another two people died of hypothermia on the streets of Moscow and 15 others were hospitalized as a result of exposure to the cold, Interfax news agency said, while forecasters said temperatures would drop even further in the coming days. AFP PHOTO / YURI KADOBNOV (Photo credit should read YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)