Tag Archives: forest fires
You wanna dance, old man?
What do you do if your name is Yuri Luzhkov and the Kremlin is pissed at you for your criminally selfish behavior and the piss-poor optics of your utter abandonment of Moscow while your city, your one jurisdiction burns? Get … Continue reading
A monogrammed liger
Russia has a unique way in doing just about everything. Usually, this way is a personalized way, and it is a way that also includes looking after the country’s endangered species. In September 2008, Vladimir Putin met a rare Amur … Continue reading
Back to play
I return from my hibernation — sorry — with this breaking news. Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who returned from his vacat– er, physical therapy in Austria for all of ten days to deal with the ecological disaster that was his … Continue reading
Okay, now I feel bad
I’ve been laying into Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on this blog for not giving enough of a shit about the apocalyptic conditions in his city to come back from vacation. Also, for taking care of his honey bees, but not … Continue reading
Oh, beehave
Recall that Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov took a while to come back from his August 2 vacation to deal with the extraordinary toxic smoke situation in Moscow because, according to his spokesman, “What is the problem? What, do we have … Continue reading
Out with it
Moscow authorities have been forced to acknowledge that the heat and smoke of the last week have doubled the city’s mortality rates. Some estimates put the number at 2.5 times the normal rate. This comes after weeks of speculation that … Continue reading
Mensch
You might recall that I had some four letter words for Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov who, through his asshole spokesman, refused to cut his vacation short in order to come back to his city, which is absolutely choking in smoke. … Continue reading
This is what Russia looks like today
A little better, which you wouldn’t be able to tell by the smoke still choking Moscow. via Pozhar.Yandex.ru
Voronezh
A video from July 29 of the fires in hard-hit Voronezh, passed along by The Independent‘s Shaun Walker:
No, really, it gets worse
I really didn’t think it was possible for the smoke in Moscow to get worse, but Russia continues to surprise. More fires have sprung up overnight, bringing the total to 853, up from 831. 52 people are dead. Somehow, the … Continue reading
