Das Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research hatte jedenfalls zu Sowjetzeiten noch Biowaffenorschung betrieben:

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https://nonproliferation.org/wp-content/uploads/cns-archive/antiplague/zilinskas.pdf

Siehe https://www.sofx.com/russian-lab-worker-dies-of-suspected-plague-at-irkutsk-anti-plague-institute-200-monitored/

Es wird als für einen isolierten Laborvorfall ungewöhnliches Vorgehen gesehen, dass 200 bereits Kontaktpersonen unter Quarantäne sind. Die Pest ist eigentlich nicht so ansteckend.
Fears are growing that a suspected plague death in Russia could be linked to a secret military bioweapons programme after a grave warning was sounded by a former White House official. Dr Ashish Jha, who served as a Covid-19 response co-ordinator under Joe Biden, has voiced serious concerns over the death of a 28-year-old lab worker in Siberia.
In a series of alarming posts on X (formerly Twitter), Dr Jha warned that the secretive response in Siberia could suggest a high-level military cover-up rather than a standard lab spill.
Quelle: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/fears-russian-plague-outbreak-started-37736934