U.S. has described Russia as the main consumer of Afghan heroin

U.S. State Department issued a report on the fight against drugs in the world, according to which Russia is the main place of entry of Afghan heroin and the country with the highest level of heroin use per capita. Authorities are considering the counter-narcotics as a priority, but in the country high corruption, insufficient resources to treat drug addicts, and government programs are ineffective. In Moscow, said that the main cause of a difficult situation is to Afghan drug trafficking, who are responsible for the U.S.. The U.S. State Department issued a report on the fight against drugs in the world (2011 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report). A document prepared for the Bureau of International Drug Trafficking and Law Enforcement Affairs U.S. Department of State. In Russia, "launder " income from drugs The report presents three groups of countries, the drug situation in which the U.S. is concerned. In the first group entered the country, leading to the production of drugs. On the territory of each of them grows more than a thousand hectares of opium poppy, coca, or more than five thousand acres of hemp. In this category were Afghanistan, Burma, India, Laos, Pakistan, and a number of Latin America: Bahamas, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. The second group consisted of countries that are major sources of chemical substances from which drugs are produced. These were Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, China, India, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Netherlands and USA. Latin American countries were among the leaders in the production of drugs. On photo - Bolivian President Evo Morales, who at a meeting of the UN chewed coca leaf, calling for the deletion of this culture from the list of narcotic plants Source (s) AP Photo / Juan Karita The third group includes countries where "laundered " income from drugs. According to the State Department, the financial institutions of these countries, "are involved in currency transactions with the proceeds received from the international drug trade ". However, the complex nature of transactions often prevents separate the income from drug trafficking to money received as a result of other serious crimes. This category covers 64 countries including, Russia, Austria, Britain, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Cambodia, India China, Japan, Cayman Islands, Somalia, and Zimbabwe. From the former Soviet republics other than Russia in the list includes Latvia and Ukraine. Afghan heroin goes to Russia, according to State Department, it is in Russia gets most of the heroin produced in Afghanistan. About 25% of Afghan "white powder " goes to Russia via the Central Asian states, whose citizens can enter the country without visas, the report said. Drug smuggling incident on the south-west Russia and western regions of Siberia. U.S. State Department said that Moscow urged the international community to recognize the heroin production in Afghanistan, a threat to international peace and security. According to the UN and State Department, Russia has the highest rate of heroin use per capita Source (c) AP Photo / NADYR SYKMENOV According to the UN, Russia has the highest rate of heroin use per capita. Annually in a country consumed about 70 tons of heroin. U.S. note in the report that Russia, Spain and Portugal are the leaders in the number of heroin addicts in Europe. Heroin use 1,6-1,8 million Russians (1,3%), of which 61% - of HIV-infected. Total drugs in the country regularly take 2.5 million people (1.8%). Annually 20 thousand Russians die from an overdose of 70 thousand deaths are somehow related to drugs. Hemp and desomorphine in Russia developed the market of opium, hashish and marijuana. Most of the cannabis grown in the North Caucasus, the republic of Tuva, the Amur River basin and the Far East. A large amount of marijuana supplied to Russia from the Chu valley in Kazakhstan. Cocaine is more popular among affluent sectors of the population gets smuggled into Russia by sea from South America. In recent years, Russia is growing popularity of synthetic drugs, including - desomorphine Channel http://tor4. ru Recently, Russian authorities have expressed concern about the growing popularity of synthetic and pharmaceutical drugs that are inexpensive and accessible for most people. Among them desomorphine, which is considered more toxic than heroin. It can be made from drugs that are sold without prescription. Russia also produce acetic anhydride, an important chemical elements for the production of heroin. Insufficient rehabilitation centers as the State Department said in its report, the Russian government has begun taking steps to address the drug problem. Adopted a strategy of state anti-drug policy of the Russian Federation until 2020, which, according to the U.S., is a positive step to ensure the necessary interagency coordination and legal framework in the fight against drugs. In the schools is health education, produced outreach programs for youth. Washington recalls the last steps in the US-Russian cooperation in counter-narcotics field. However, according to State Department, the state program of drug treatment in Russia proved to be ineffective and not widely available. There is not enough rehabilitation centers and specialists, which revealed the case with the head of Nizhni Tagil fund "City Without Drugs " Yegor Bychkov, which the U.S. is called "a controversial figure ." The report also notes that the main challenges for the drug creates corruption. By the end of the year, several cases of arrests of senior anti-drug agencies, who are accused of corruption and organized crime, remained unfinished. U.S. says it Yegor Bychkova evidence insufficient resources to treat drug addicts in Russia Source (c) RIA Novosti / Paul Lisitsyn State Department said that in Russia banned drug substitution therapy, including the use of methadone. As stated in the report, researchers from St. Petersburg with the support of the U.S. National Institutes of Health started to explore alternative regimens of drugs with naltrexone, which may be legal. In conclusion, the report's authors write that Russia considers the war on drugs as a national priority, and the U.S. will continue to promote cooperation and partnership with Russia in this area, which is already yielding results. "In the case of heroin, blame the U.S. " The Federal Service for Drug Control (FSKN) stated that the main reason for the tense situation in Russia is coming from the Afghan heroin. "We ourselves are aware of the problems that we have. Our services work. But, unfortunately, drug onslaught from the territory of other states, Afghanistan - is large enough, "- said " Interfax "the head of department to ensure interagency cooperation FSKN Vladimir Golubovsky. "We are working to combat illicit trafficking of drugs, the seizure of heroin, hashish, potent synthetic drug group. Preventive work in the field of addiction and gives positive results. Another question: opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan give drug traffickers a real prospect of producing significant reserves of heroin, which, unfortunately, come to our country, "-" the general said. Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan - the cause of drug problems in Russia Source (c) AP Photo / Abdul Khaleq Chairman of the Duma Committee on Security Vladimir Vasilyev, believes that the U.S. has primary responsibility for the total distribution of drugs from Afghanistan. "It is good that Americans now prepared a special report to the U.S. State Department to include a list of countries of concern in terms of fighting drugs. This means that Americans are taking responsibility for what happens in Afghanistan, which they control, together with its allies, "- he said.