Darya Shipilova
The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East is a Russian microbiological and anti-epidemic research institute in Irkutsk. It was established in 1934, from a laboratory founded in 1923, as the scientific and operational centre of the Soviet anti-plague system for Siberia and the Far East. It is one of Russia’s specialised anti-plague institutes and operates under Rospotrebnadzor. Its stated work covers surveillance, diagnosis, and control of plague and other particularly dangerous infections, including cholera, brucellosis, tularemia, and anthrax.
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Oct 9, 2026
Lean Right
A Russian lab worker died of plague, and a former CDC director warned the strain may have been 'manipulated.'
The right is skeptical of gain-of-function research and Russian bioweapons, seeing this as a reminder of lab safety failures and the need for transparency.
Oct 9, 2026
Lean Left
A Russian lab worker whose death from pneumonic plague has raised scrutiny over whether the pathogen was 'manipulated.'
Lean Left warns that Russia's opaque biosecurity practices pose a global health risk and that U.S. intelligence should not trust Kremlin explanations.