In February 2025, authorities began seizing livestock in Transbaikalia. The outbreak spread to Altai, then across Siberia, then into the Volga region. The official explanation: pasteurellosis. A mutating strain. Rabies, also mutating. Veterinary officials from Rosselkhoznadzor offered something incoherent. Governors declared states of emergency. Farmers came out with pitchforks and threatened to douse themselves in gasoline. One of them had his herd taken anyway.
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