EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 04 - 2026 Num. article: 2026/086

New outbreaks of quarantine pests in the Russian Federation


The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of the Russian Federation prepared a National Report gathering information on the situation of quarantine pests in the Russian Federation as of the 31st of December 2025. 


Quarantine areas were established for the first time for the following pests:

- Lecanosticta acicola (syn. Mycosphaerella dearnessi (EPPO A2 List)

- Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (syn. Chalara fraxinea, EUEA A1 List)

- Monilinia fructicola (EUEA A1 List) (in Primorsky Territory). 


The report does not provide details on the location and size of the outbreaks for those pests.


Sources

Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (2026) НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ДОКЛАД о карантинном фитосанитарном состоянии территории Российской Федерации в 2025 году [National report on the quarantine status on the territory of the Russian Federation in 2025], 22 pp (in Russian). https://fsvps.gov.ru/files/naczionalnyj-doklad-o-karantinnom-fitosanitarnom-sostoyanii-territorii-rossijskoj-federaczii-v-2025-godu/