"In Russia, when you go to a sauna, there's a large social aspect to it," said Kizenko, who spent a lot of time in banyas in Moscow, where he lived for nearly 20 years before opening Bear and ...

A brown bear attacked and badly mauled a Russian man in a forest about 125 km (78 miles) from Moscow, local media and residents said, as sightings of bears become more frequent in the region ...