TalkingDrugs News from Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region [September-October 2021]
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1. In Orenburg Russia, on October 15, representatives of the Russian Federal Security Service entered two Russian human rights defenders’…
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TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [September-October 2021]
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On October 15, in Orenburg, Russia, FSB officers came to the home of two human rights activists – the head…
The Uncovered Truth: How the opium poppy cultivation in Kyrgyzstan ended
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TalkingDrugs is excited to present to its readers an extract from Sputnik.kg on the origins of opium cultivation in Kyrgyzstan.…
Book: Dopeworld’s deep dive into Hydra and one of its Russian cyber queen-pins
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Niko Vorobyov has shared with TalkingDrugs an extract of his latest book, Dopeworld: Adventures in the Global Drug Trade. It…
Talking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia [July & August 2021]
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1. Moldovia: The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the state of Moldovia in a case on the…
TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [July-August 2021]
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1. Молдова: Европейский суд по правам человека осудил Молдову за применение пыток к потребителю наркотиков. Суть дела заключается в том,…
Talking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia [June 2021]
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1. Russian popular journalist Yuri Dud has been accused of publishing drug propaganda when interviewing rapper Morgenstern and blogger IOneGuy, Meduza…
TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [June 2021]
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Russian TV presenter Yury Dudy has become a defendant in an administrative case of drug propaganda because of his interviews…
Drug Pragmatics – Who decides: the police or the doctor?
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In 2014, a trial was completed in Russia against a doctor, Alevtina Khorinyak, who was prosecuted for writing a prescription…
Russia and Belarus officially oppose harm reduction, decriminalisation and human rights – at the UN signed the Political Declaration on HIV-AIDS 2021
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On 8 June 2021, the UN High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS in New York adopted the 2021 Political Declaration on…
Talking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia [May 2021]
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1. Russia: policemen, who were declared guilty of planting drugs to Russian journalist Ivan Golunov, have been sentenced to up…
TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [May 2021]
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Police officers who planted drugs on Russian journalist Ivan Golunov have been sentenced to up to 12 years in prison,…