Russia’s Swine Fever Program May Cost $426 Million, Vlasov Says

Russia would need to spend up to 12 billion rubles ($426 million) over seven years to fight African swine fever, said Nikolai Vlasov, deputy chief of Rosselkhoznadzor, the country’s food safety watchdog.

The program would include laboratories and incentives to encourage farmers to switch from pig breeding to other livestock, Vlasov said at a press conference in Moscow today. The money would come from federal spending, Rosselkhoznadzor spokesman Alexei Alekseenko said.