Wildfires in the Moscow region are thought to have calmed down, but the situation has not improved in harder-to-reach areas, and the authorities are torn over whether or not to evacuate and flood land where peat bog fires are burning at a projected cost of $670 million.  Russia’s ‘horror movie‘ continues, with smog returning to Moscow yesterday.  Rain is expected to clear the air today, but the smog has now also hit Nizhny Novgorod and is impeding traffic on the River Volga, says RIA Novosti.  Strong winds and storms caused disruptions to rail travel and left thousands without electricity in the Leningrad region on Sunday.  Two US firefighting planes have arrived in Moscow, and NASA satellites are registering fewer hotspots, but apparently these results are unreliable due to cloud coverage.