Almost 3 million hectares on fire, including Arctic, with fumes having hit area larger than European Union.
This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.
Russian minister wants to send Brits on vacation to 'magical' Siberia to make them 'feel 10 years younger'.
Plane schedules disrupted, residents warned to stay indoors, sailors had to use GPS to get back to land because of thick smoke fumes from raging forest fires.
Up to 300,000 people a year expected to pass through Sabetta International as region gears up to become a gas powerhouse.