[Russian Defense Ministry: laboratories studying dangerous viruses in the United States are almost unregulated] Lieutenant General Igor Kirilov, director of the third Defense Force of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, said that private laboratories in the United States that study extremely dangerous pathogens are almost unregulated. Mr Kirilov added: "there are currently 25 operating and three laboratories under construction in the US, and 18 more BSL-4 laboratories are planned in recent years, most of which will be outside US jurisdiction."