Moscow News: Russia finds bird flu in new region, suspects more Russia confirmed another outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu, potentially dangerous to humans, on a farm in a southern region on Wednesday and suspects two more outbreaks on farms near Moscow. Russia confirms bird flu outbreak caused by H5N1 Russian health officials confirmed on Monday that a bird flu outbreak near Moscow was caused by the dangerous H5N1 strain that can infect humans. Russia confirm two H5N1 bird flu cases Poultry farms around Moscow were under tight control on Saturday when two cases of bird flu near the capital were confirmed as being the deadly H5N1 strain. Russia to determine bird flu strain by Sunday Poultry farms around Moscow were under tight control on Saturday as animal health officials determined whether the deadly H5N1 strain was responsible for the Russian capital's first outbreak of bird flu.