On May 22, 2026, riots broke out in the village of Pakhna (Limassola District) amid an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. A group of local livestock breeders blocked roads, attacked the film crew of the state television channel RIK and interfered with the work of veterinary services.

What exactly happened in Pakhna?

When journalists and RIK operators arrived in the village to prepare a report on new cases and control measures, they were met aggressively. Farmers blocked roads with pickups, threatened the film crew, took the keys to the car of the veterinary service and took away samples taken from them for laboratory tests. Attacks on veterinarians occurred in several farms of the infected zone: specialists were not allowed to take samples.

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