The Deputy Prime Minister of Bashkiria, Ilshat Fazrakhmanov, is proposing legislation to establish responsibility for the import of infected bees in the region. This comes after cases of bee material contaminated with tropilelapsosis, a fatal disease for honey bees, were recorded in other regions of Russia. The proposal has the support of the head of Bashkiria, Radiy Khabirov, who has instructed the Ministry of Agriculture to work on the issue with the State Assembly.