ThinkProgress: Russia`s less than fearsome winter this year has drawn international attention. From the slushy snow at the Sochi games to December photos of grassy city parks in Siberia with locals posing in bikinis near ice-free rivers, Russia`s frozen mystique isn`t quite what it used to be.
And with a record-braking warm spring in parts of Siberia, experts are warning that 2014 could be an epic year for forest fires.
According to the Siberian Times, Natural Resources Minister Sergei Donskoi has warned...