The Headquarters of EMERCOM of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan Warns:
It is dangerous to walk over river, pond, lake across the ice in spring. You need to carefully watch signs, denoting pedestrian crossings, use special decks on the ice. It is a serious risk to go on unexplored ice.
According to the Center of GIMS EMERCOM of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan, the process of opening from the ice on small rivers of the republic has already begun. There are big scours and ice holes on big water bodies.