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Forest Fires Ravage Russia

  • China sends more aid to Russia

    China sends more aid to Russia

    China has sent another 20 million yuan worth of humanitarian aid and relief materials to the wildfire-ravaged Russia.

  • Smog returns to Moscow

    Smog returns to Moscow

    Officials say poisonous smog that contributed to higher death rates in Moscow has returned to Russia´s capital.

  • Putin pilots plane to views wildfire area

    Putin pilots plane to views wildfire area

    Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flew in a plane being used in a water drop mission over wildfires southwest of Moscow.

  • Russia fire smog blankets Moscow

    Russia fire smog blankets Moscow

    As the people of Moscow swelter in record-breaking heat and choke from the smoke of forest fires, the city has opened more than 120 smog centers.

  • Russia wildfires nears nuclear facility

    Russia wildfires nears nuclear facility

    Recent wildfires in Russia have killed at least 50 people. Firefighters are now focusing on keeping the blazes away from a top-secret nuclear research facility in the city of Sarov.

Russia fights wildfires

Medvedev declares a state of emergency

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has declared a state of emergency in seven provinces and ordered authorities to guard weapons storage facilities from wildfires.

Russia puts temporary ban on grain exports

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is putting a temporary ban on grain exports to keep inflation in check.

Major damages

Smog worsens in Moscow

Smog from wildfires raging in Russia continues to blanket Moscow. Many residents are wearing masks to protect themselves from dangerous pollutants.

Fears rise due to grain export ban

Russia has announced that it will ban grain exports for the rest of the year. This comes after a severe drought destroyed 20 percent of the nation´s wheat crop.

Russian wildfires kill at least 40

Wildfires burning across Russia have killed at least 40 people. More than 22-hundred residents are now homeless.

Heavy smog blankets Moscow

Moscow is suffering record-breaking temperatures with daily highs reaching as much as 38 degrees Celsius. But overwhelmed Muscovites can "get their breath back" in air-conditioned rooms at government buildings and hospitals.

What causes the fires?

Moscow sweats through highest temperature in city´s history

---Moscow marked a record 37.7 degrees Celsius
---hottest in the city in the past 130 years
---temperature is 0.2 degrees (Celsius) higher the all-time temperature record

Moscow smog adds to heatwave woes

---A cloud of harmful smog is covering Moscow
---Daily temperatures have hit around 35 degrees Celsius for two weeks

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