ROAR: “Anti-drug efforts in Afghanistan have reverse effect”
Published: 23 October, 2009, 13:25
The failures of international forces in Afghanistan contribute to Russia’s bad drug addiction statistics, analysts believe.
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18.08.2010, 13:16
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President Dmitry Medvedev is hosting a summit on terrorism and drug trafficking in Russia's city of Sochi with the leaders of Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
23.10.2009, 01:02
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Russia has become the biggest consumer of Afghan heroin with 21% of all the drug consumed in the world, as of the latest UN Office on Drugs and Crime report “Addiction, Crime and Insurgency” published on October 21.
07.10.2009, 17:53
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As America’s dream of nation-building in Afghanistan gets sand stuck in its gears, Russia, fighting its own war against a new generation of heroin addicts, wants poppy production slashed.
The perspectives of the CSTO rapid reaction force depend on all members of the pro-Russian military alliance.
As the opposition in Kyrgyzstan says it is in control of the country, analysts are predicting stronger resistance from the ruling regime than was seen during the 2005 Tulip Revolution.
A long term strategy focusing on border patrol and law enforcement must be enacted says drug expert, Vyacheslav Scherbakov from the University of Interior Ministry.
13.09.2010, 06:31
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A Russian scientist says he has beaten the problem of aging and in just a few years the medicine that stops it will go on sale.
03.08.2010, 10:27
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The US is destabilizing Central Asia by means of drug trafficking, disintegrating Kyrgyzstan and putting pressure on Iran, shared Semyon Bagdasarov, member of the State Duma’s International Affairs Committee.
08.10.2010, 07:04
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Even if drug production stops, Afghanistan will be able to supply the international market with heroin for another 20-30 years from existing stocks, warns head of Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service Viktor Ivanov.
16.08.2010, 17:35
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The new commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan says a July 2011 deadline for ending the protracted military operation may turn out to be mission impossible.
Published: 23 October, 2009, 13:25
The failures of international forces in Afghanistan contribute to Russia’s bad drug addiction statistics, analysts believe.