Russia – State program to erradicate African swine fever

http://www.rosselkhoznadzor.ru/fsvps/press/2072.html

28-Apr-2011 (15 years 1 months 10 days ago)
According to declarations made by Nikolai Vlasov, of the Federal Veterinary and Plant Watch Service (Rosselkhoznadzor), they will allocate between 10 and 12 billion rubles to the state program for the eradication of African swine fever.

The plan should be ready for implementation within 7 years and will involve different federal agencies, including the Interior Minister and the Minister of Transportation, among others.

The execution of the program will begin in the regions of Volgogrado and Rostov and finish in the republics of the Northern caucus.

The Minister cited 20.000 as the number of pigs killed due to outbreaks of the disease.