Republic of Kalmykia

Winter

A citizen of Russia transported through Kalmykia Christmas trees without a quarantine certificate.

In December 2020 the regional department of Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance received information from the traffic police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan about transportation of coniferous trees without quarantine certificate from the Sverdlovsk Region to North Ossetia-Alania. It was reported by the press service of the department.

The citizen of Russia transported through Kalmykia 810 pines from the quarantine phytosanitary zone, thus violating the requirements of the federal law “On Quarantine of Plants”.

Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance inspectors found that the territory of the Sverdlovsk region was under quarantine for gypsy moth, Siberian silkworm, big spruce bastard, big black moustache, East Siberian pine bastard, little black spruce bastard and black pine bastard.

Specialists of the department drew up a protocol on administrative offence against the carrier.

Santa Claus in russian translation is Dead Moroz.