By John Helmer, Moscow
  @bears_with

Every year at this time, as certain and regular as the Moscow city administration turns off the central hotwater boilers for cleaning, we close the office, postpone the flow of Dances with Bears, suspend the tweets.

But just as surely as Muscovites install electric water heaters for substitutes during the profilaktika (профилактика — профилактические работы), we will continue with occasional podcasts and write a book for Christmas release. We will restart on September 7. Like all ZHEK (Жилищно-эксплуатационная контора)  notices, not all official announcements come true exactly on time.

by Editor - Saturday, August 1st, 2026