Smog Jitters Start as the First Fires Break Out

As warm May weather revives memories of the smog that caused the capital to choke for weeks last summer, the Emergency Situations Ministry has offered assurances that it has control over the source of the air pollution — burning peat bogs and forests in the Moscow region. Yevgeny Sekirin, head of the ministry’s branch in the region, acknowledged that bogs and forests have started smoldering outside Moscow […]