Russia: NATO Has Failed In Stopping Afghan Narcotic Production

NATO Failing To Fight Afghan Narcotics - Drug Agency -- RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, November 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's anti-drug chief criticized NATO on Tuesday for failing to combat drug-trafficking from Afghanistan.

“Drug production in Afghanistan is a threat for the EU states and they [NATO] agree, but say that they cannot work outside the European Union,” Federal Drug Control Service head Viktor Ivanov said.

Russia is interested in cooperation with NATO on the problem, Ivanov added, but complained that NATO has been reluctant to accredit an official of his anti-drug agency to represent Russia in Brussels.

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Update: Russia ‘alarmed’ over record Afghan heroin bust -- RT

My Comment: The number one drug problem in Russia is heroin addiction. The above 2006 graph says it all .... approximately 2%-3% of the Russian population is addicted to heroin .... a number that I can assure you is higher in 2012. In short .... it is an epidemic that is rarely discussed in the West (or in Russia for that matter), but a huge health and social problem that every Russian is aware of.

Russia Enlists The U.S. To Stop It's Growing Heroin Addiction Epidemic Fueled By Afghan Drugs

Russia Wants Tougher Stance On Afghan Drugs -- Voice of Russia

Russia defends a more decisive fight against the drug threat coming from Afghanistan and insists that the United Nations should play a more active role in it. This topic will feature prominently today during a meeting in Moscow between Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the UN Special Envoy to Afghanistan Stephan De Mistura.

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More News On Russia's Drug Plague

Russia rebukes US over Afghan heroin glut -- Financial Times
Russia passes info on nine Afghan drug lords to US -- RT
Ivanov Gives List of Drug Barons to U.S. -- Moscow Times
Russia gives U.S. Afghan drugs data, criticizes NATO -- Reuters
Russia hands over information on 9 Afghan, Central Asian drug traffickers to U.S. -- RIA Novosti
Afghan Heroin Flow Channeled to Russia -- Global Research