Live Moscow View as Smog from Wildfires Shrouds City

A thick blanket of smog is now shrouding the city of Moscow as peat fires continue to burn just outside the city. The smog has disrupted air traffic at Domodedovo and Vnukovo international airports.

Russian officials said on Thursday that  nearly 600 wildfires were raging across a huge area of central Russia.

This webcam view shows Moscow city skyline, over the Moskva river:

http://www.myworldwebcams.com/russia/moscow_webcam.html

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Moscow is the capital and the most populous city and the most populous federal subject of Russia. Moscow is a major political, economic, cultural, religious, financial, educational, and transportation center of Russia and the world, a global city. It is also the seventh largest city proper in the world, a megacity. The population of Moscow (as of 1 September 2009) is 10,535,100.

It is located by the Moskva River in the Central Federal District, in the European part of Russia. Moscow sits on the junction of three geological platforms. Historically, it was the capital of the former Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and the Grand Duchy of Moscow. It is the site of the Moscow Kremlin, one of the World Heritage Sites in the city, which serves as the residence of the President of Russia. The Russian parliament (the State Duma and the Federation Council) and the Government of Russia also sit in Moscow.

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