🇷🇺 In years past, the month of August was often greeted in #Russia with a degree of caution, even alarm. #Russians spoke in whispered tones of their “August curse” to explain the unusually high number of deadly accidents, terrorist attacks, or outbreaks of war.

For a long time now that curse seemed to have been lifted and almost forgotten, reducing the month to just another hot summer interlude.

But this year, it appears to be back with a vengeance.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/12/europe/russia-august-curse-intl/index.html

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