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Russia lashes out at NATO for not fighting Afghan drug production Published 28 February, 2010, 03:39 Edited 01 March, 2010, 21:31 The US refusal to destroy opium poppy crops in Afghanistan guarantees that raw drug sources there will be inviolable, leading to heavy drug use in Russia, the head of the Russian federal drug control agency said. The amount of narcotics brought into Russia has increased two-fold since the beginning of the anti-terrorism operation in Afghanistan, Viktor Ivanov, Russian Federal Drug Control Service chief, said on Saturday. "Afghan heroin amounts to 90% of all drugs sold in Russia. Annual supplies stand at 35 tonnes or 5 billion shots," Ivanov said, as quoted by Interfax news agency. At the same time, the Taliban's share in Afghan drug production is minimal, Ivanov pointed out. http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-02-28/afghanistan-drug-heroin-nato.html ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
