I think the article is satire — but maybe not!
Don’t think so. Russia has been firing rockets which disperse chemicals to reduce snowfall and, especially rain, for many years now.
I remember they hosted some huge rock festival in 1989 with a bunch of american and european bands right as the USSR was breaking apart, and they fired a bunch of these into the sky around the festival to make sure there was 0 rain because it was being broadcast via PPV worldwide. I remember seeing interviews with some of the performers who were in total fear of breathing in the air around there because that. Then again, we are talking about bands like Ozzy and Motley Crue, and I’m sure they have inhaled, snorted, or injected worse things in their lives........