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# Drunk Russians drowning due to heat wave
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## Dozens of Russians, many of them drunk, are drowning daily as they head to
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water to escape a heatwave.
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![People cool off in the Khimkinsky reservoir water area in Moscow][1]
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People cool off in the Khimkinsky reservoir water area in Moscow. Dozens of
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Russians, many of them drunk, are drowning daily as they head to water to
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escape a heatwave Photo: REUTERS
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9:56PM BST 14 Jul 2010
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Vodka-drinking groups - some with small children - can be seen at lakes and
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ponds in and around the [Russian][2] capital where the current three-week
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heatwave may set a record of 98.6F (37C) this weekend.
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"Russia's Emergencies Ministry is very worried by the current situation. In
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the last day alone, 49 people drowned (in Russia), including two children,
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Vadim Seryogin, a department head at the ministry, told a news conference.
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More than 1,200 people drowned across Russia in June this year, he said,
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including 233 between July 5 and July 12.
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"The majority of those drowned were drunk," he said. "The children died
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because adults simply did not look after them."
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Last week six children drowned in the Sea of Azov in southern Russia because
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the summer camp employees who were minding them were drunk.
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18 Apr 2008
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Weather forecasters say the heatwave will last another week.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday the heat was a major problem
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for Russian agriculture, echoing concerns from Russia's grain lobby, which
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said the country was undergoing the worst drought in 130 years of weather
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observations.
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The government imposed a state of emergency in 16 regions where the heat
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destroyed grains in an area the size of Portugal.
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The Kremlin also cancelled its trooping the colour ceremony on July 17, a
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tourist attraction held on Saturdays when soldiers in 19th century uniforms
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show off their horse-riding and arms handling skills.
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"Holding the ritual in such conditions may put in danger the health of all
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participants of the ceremony," Itar-Tass news agency quoted a spokeswoman for
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the Federal Protection Service (FSO) as saying.
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Itar-TASS also quoted a spokesman for Russian land forces as saying that
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troops had suspended night exercises due to a high risk of fires that might be
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sparked by tracer bullets, incendiary projectiles and flares.
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