It has been pointed out that the fact that many people take vacations in August may be a factor : the vacations leave a power-vacuum which terrorists and malefactors can then exploit . Yevgeny Nadorshin , chief economist at Trust Bank , has pointed out that for many of the events the fact that they take place in August is only a coincidence , but for some the phenomenon can be explained . For example , Nadorshin said that vacation and inattention were certainly key factors in the 2009 Nazran bombing
2009 Nazran bombing
2009 Nazran bombing
August curse