date:Jul 27, 2012
to localise the outbreak.
According to preliminary official estimates, just the direct damage of the outbreak will amount to RUB1.5bn to RUB2bn rubles (US$48m-$62m). Analysts warned that this would be a terrible blow to pork production in Russia.
Russian veterinary services said that the implementation of the Belarus ban was not necessary, since the export of pork products from Tver and Volgograd regions are already strictly prohibited. However, experts fear that the virus will spread farther