Inside a Plague Research Lab at the Heart of a Russian Secret

A Russian researcher who died of an unknown illness had been working at a remote anti-plague center. Few outsiders have visited these laboratories, which are scattered across former Soviet countries and shrouded in secrecy.

A Russian researcher who died of an unknown disease was working at a remote anti-plague center. Few outsiders have visited these laboratories, which are scattered across the former Soviet Union and are shrouded in secrecy.