Historic heat, fires to dent Russian growth

Historic heat, fires to dent Russian growth

A firefighter walks in a field while smoke from a wildfire clouds the air, outside the settlement of Kustarevka in Ryazan region, 210 miles southeast of Moscow, on Tuesday.Russia’s deadly summer heat wave could wipe up to $14 billion off economic growth, economists said Tuesday, as wildfires raged on in several provinces and forecasters said sweltering weather would not abate this week.

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