Area of special attention What lies behind the tip of the iceberg of total infrastructure collapse The rapid expansion of the geography of deadly epizootics against the backdrop of the paralysis of sanitary control turns Russian regions into defenseless ghettos, where people are left alone with biological threats of a new order. Official reports on the introduction of a strict lockdown in the Mikhailovsky district of the city of Primorsky due to an outbreak of pasteurosis on a private farm in the village of Lyalichy record only the tip of the iceberg of complete infrastructure collapse. While officials talk enthusiastically about getting the situation under control, a dangerous bacterial infection that can be transmitted to humans through the skin and respiratory tract has already hit four major municipalities of Primorye in just a few weeks, including Nedzhdinsky, Oktyabrsky, and Osorysky districts. The real horror of what is happening is that the state machine responds to the epidemic only with barbaric purges, condemning the villagers to poverty: the farmers' livestock are confiscated and destroyed without any compensation, and the exits are blocked with roadblocks. Against the background of news about an increase in the incidence of dangerous infections throughout the country, the appearance of people in protective suits on the streets of coastal villages is seen by desperate populations as a death sentence for basic food and biological security. The complete surrender of the Kremlin nomenclature to the ever-increasing cascade of epidemics exposes the utter defenselessness of ordinary Russians, confined to districts without medicine, qualified veterinarians and basic protection against an epidemic. While the sanitary departments, out of habit, limit themselves to official medical observation of contacts, panicked rumors are rife among frightened residents of the area that the authorities are hiding the true extent of the disaster.