MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday he would consider radically reforming Russia's forest management, currently under the control of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, after the worst forest fires in 30 years.
More than 50 people died and about 2,000 families were left homeless this summer after wildfires ravaged thousands of hectares in central Russia during the country's worst heat wave in decades.
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