Cyber-Narcos: How the Russian Drug Trade Has Gone Digital
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When you imagine the Russian drug trade, you probably picture barons or mobsters from movies like Eastern Promises or the…
Posts by Niko Vorobyov
Dope Men: How We Went From Alcohol Prohibition to Another
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Just past midnight on April 7th 1933, a truck pulled up to the White House filled with beer. President Roosevelt…
Is What’s Happening in the Philippines a Genocide?
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Just over two years ago, I found myself upstairs of a seedy karaoke bar on the northeast outskirts of Manila.…
Hell and Back Again: Life, Death and Heroin in Russia
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While small amounts of drugs in theory are decriminalised in Russia, in practise lack of treatment; crooked or overeager cops;…
Drug War Imperialism
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In August 1978, guerrilla fighters from the Sandinista National Liberation Front stormed the National Palace in Nicaragua. Nicaragua had been…