It's fine. September is the best month to be in Russia.
I'm not on the "East Coast"...I wrote in previous posts that I am in Russia.
I am an Australian...in Russia. (Get, it, Frog?)
I've been to Russia and Ukraine more times than you've had hot dinner, so I have seen both sides of the situation.
My views are formed from that. Unlike US sycophants who've never been to Russia or Ukraine but sit in a dark room and "absorb knowledge from the universe"...bloody unbelievable.