US court rejects Russian smuggler pilot's appeal against 20-year sentenceThe US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York has rejected the appeal of Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugs smuggling.10:41 11.06.2013
Putin signs school drug testing lawRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill introducing drug testing for school students.17:39 07.06.2013
Dutch government to compensate coffee shops for losses from tourist laws - reportThe Hague District Court has ruled that the owners of coffee shops in the Netherlands selling hashish and marijuana must be compensated for losses after marijuana sales were restricted last year.16:08 06.06.2013
Russia and Dominican Republic sign drug enforcement agreementRussia's Federal Drug Control Service Director Viktor Ivanov and his Dominican counterpart, Rolando Rosado Mateo, signed a drug enforcement agreement on Thursday.13:50 06.06.2013
British national sentenced to death in Egypt for drug smugglingA court in Egypt has sentenced a British national to death for the alleged attempted to smuggle three metric tons of cannabis (hashish) into the country.09:56 04.06.2013
Cannabis smokers to be fined in SwitzerlandCriminal punishment for the users of small amounts of cannabis will be replaced with a fine of 100 Swiss francs ($104) on Oct. 1, the Swiss government said in a statement on Friday. The decision does not apply to minors.16:26 31.05.2013
Netherlands-Russia drug ring members indicted for traffickingDeputy Prosecutor General Viktor Grin has endorsed the indictment in a case of a large shipment of drugs and psychotropic substances to Russia from the Netherlands.12:03 31.05.2013
Russian upper house approves bill on drug testing at schoolhe Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, has approved a bill on testing school students for the use of drugs and psychotropic substances on Wednesday.16:45 29.05.2013
Drugs production has grown tenfold since ISAF was deployed to AfghanistanDrugs manufacturing volumes have grown more than tenfold in Afghanistan since the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was established there, Russia's NATO envoy Alexander Grushko said on Tuesday.14:08 28.05.2013
UK denies legal funds for cocaine trafficker facing death in BaliThe Court of Appeal of England and Wales released a judgment Wednesday detailing its earlier decision to dismiss an appeal launched by Lindsay Sandiford – a 56-year-old British woman sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia after having been caught with ten packets of cocaine in the Bali airport – challenging the Secretary of State’s decision not to assist in funding her death-penalty appeal.15:02 23.05.2013
Lower House adopts bill on drug tests in schoolsThe State Duma adopted a bill on testing school students for the use of drugs and psychotropic substances on Wednesday.10:15 16.05.2013
80 kg of heroin seized in Tajik trainA total of 80 kg (over 176 lbs) of heroin were discovered on a train en route from the Tajik capital of Dushanbe to Moscow on Wednesday.09:23 16.05.2013
Legislator calls for liability for providing property to be used as drug densFederation Council member Anatoly Lyskov has proposed introducing criminal liability not only for organizing drug dens, but also for systematically providing premises to be used for these purposes. Lyskov submitted a bill to the State Duma on Tuesday to amend the Criminal Code.12:54 14.05.2013
UK citizen sentenced to one year for ordering heroin in Russian hotelA UK citizen who ordered heroin to be sent from his home country to his hotel in Belgorod has been sentenced to one year in prison.17:41 13.05.2013
Russian tries to exchange pot for bike, gets eight yearsA resident of the Primorye Territory in Russia’s Far East has been sentenced to eight years of imprisonment for trying to swap a large amount of marijuana for a motorcycle.10:09 13.05.2013
Mother of Russian pilot jailed in United States asks to swap him for US citizenThe mother of Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was sentenced to 20 years in jail in the United States for involvement in conspiring to smuggle drugs, has asked the US authorities to exchange her son for any US citizen serving a sentence in Russia.18:26 07.05.2013
Russian anti-drug service trains drug police for AfghanistanRussia annually trains 50-100 officers for the Afghan drug police, Federal Drug Control Service Chief Viktor Ivanov said on Friday.14:10 26.04.2013
Russian weightlifters arrested for smuggling steroidsAuthorities in Perm have arrested two Russian weightlifters accused of smuggling and trafficking steroids from Belarus.14:58 24.04.2013
Russian police seize almost 100 kilos of hashishPolice in St. Petersburg have seized 94 kg of hashish from a man coming into the country from Estonia, a Russian drug control service official said on Thursday.15:46 18.04.2013
Dodgy rehab founder convicted for imprisonment, murderThe Kemerovo Regional Court has announced the verdict in the case against Transformation of Russia public association founder Andrei Charushnikov and three of his employees.14:05 11.04.2013