https://www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/107610-russia-says-they-are-waiting-for-response-from-georgia-to-the-request-of-visiting-richard-lugar-laboratory/
Russian experts have not yet been able to visit the Richard Lugar Center in Georgia under mutually acceptable conditions. The Georgian side has not yet responded to our request sent in June 2019. We are waiting for an official response from Tbilisi. Our main concern is that Washington did not explain to us what it did near the Russian border. This is naturally the subject of our concern in the context of national security.

https://eurasianet.org/moscow-stirs-fear-of-american-germs
Russian military officials once again launched an intimidation campaign against a US research laboratory in Georgia, this time also including Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Russian pigs have become the first victims of future human attacks. This is a hint at the latest press conference of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which pointed out that swine flu has spread to Russia from neighboring Georgia, which is home to the Luga Laboratory, a US-funded medical research laboratory.