Moscow Health Risk

• Despite Opposition, Russia Bans Smoking in Restaurants and Bars

  Russia risks igniting the ire of its 44 million smokers when it extends bans on cigarettes to restaurants and bars on Sunday as part of a battle to break the habit in one of heaviest-smoking countries in the world.

• Poisonous smog returns to Russia's Capital

   Officials say that the poisonous smog that has contributed to higher death rates in Moscow has returned to Russia's capital.Alexey Popikov of weather monitors Mosecomonitoring says that the concentration of carbon monoxide in Moscow air early on Sunday was more than five times what is considered normal.He says, however, that by Monday winds w...

• Health alarm as acrid smog blankets Moscow

  Wearing sanitary masks or clutching wet rags to their faces, Moscow residents struggled Saturday against the worst smog in living memory which has enveloped the Russian capital from spreading wildfires.The concentration of toxic particles was up to five times higher than safe levels, experts warned, as the city's iconic landmarks like the Kremlin a...

• Smoke from Russia's fires smothers Moscow

  Smoke from fires outside the city is smothering Russia's capital Moscow, seeping inside buildings and forcing residents to wear face masks.Health experts say pollution such as carbon monoxide is four times higher than average. The concentration appeared likely to intensify with the state news agency ITAR-Tass reporting smoke thickening in the city'...