A Toxic Invasive Plant Has Conquered Russia. Authorities Want to Fight It by Punishing Dacha Owners.

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1. The plant is a Ukrainian spy!
   -Putin, probably

   In all seriousness I’m surprised it spread so easily.

2. “According to Yaroshenko, about 90% of hogweed tickets in Russia are found on abandoned agricultural lands — vast areas rendered unprofitable for cultivation after the Soviet collapse and Russia’s turn to a market economy.

   While reforestation on those lands could help alleviate the hogweed problem, this is prohibited under current laws.”

   The brilliance of Russian politicians never ceases to amaze me

3. Hogweed Armies ready yourselves! We will consume the lands of the Tzars and blind any Ruzzian who think to stop us!

4. Iirc hogweed was actually bred by Soviet scientists to be this invasive. The idea was to cultivate it as animal feed. Unfortunately it’s poisonous. And it spreads like crazy. A true self own by the Soviet Union.