R Session Aborted on any Python errors

My R session crashes whenever the python code raises an error. Both

reticulate::py_run_string('1/0')

and

reticulate::import('numby')

cause "R Session Aborted".

What is the correct way to handle Python errors and avoid crashing R?

sessionInfo:

R version 3.5.1 (2018-07-02)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 7 x64 (build 7601) Service Pack 1

Matrix products: default

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252  LC_CTYPE=Russian_Russia.1251           LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
[4] LC_NUMERIC=C                           LC_TIME=English_United States.1252    

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

other attached packages:
[1] reticulate_1.12

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_3.5.1  Matrix_1.2-14   tools_3.5.1     Rcpp_0.12.18    grid_3.5.1      jsonlite_1.5    lattice_0.20-35

Start by reproducing the crash with reticulate::py_run_string('1/0') and reticulate::import('numby') on the reported R and Windows versions. Trace how Python exceptions and failed imports are handled, then verify that these errors are reported to R without aborting the session.