Russia is Burning
For over a month, Moscow and other regions of Russia have been suffering from searing heat and heavy, sticky, eye-burning smog, which has killed many and caused fires that have left many more homeless. But, as is typical of authoritarian regimes, officials have proved incapable of providing the emergency assistance that people so desperately need.
MOSCOW – For over a month, Moscow has been boiling in 40-degree (100 degrees Fahrenheit) heat and heavy, sticky, eye-burning smog. Carbon monoxide levels have reached crisis levels, at six times the maximum allowable concentration. Other toxic substances in Moscow’s air are at nine times the normal level.