The writer and publicist Alexander Prokhanov writes : “Russia is overgrown with hogweed. On the roadsides of Russian roads are giant hogweeds with thick stems, with tin umbrellas. <...> Borshshiki move to the south, to the north, to the east. Their roots go deep into the earth, draining the soil, poisoning with poisons of groundwater, filling the air with corrugated smells. On the flowers of hogweed, you will not see bumblebees, bees, colorful flies. They immediately die, breathing in poison.