The Afghan Drug Threat and Measures of Counteraction to it in the Context of Realization of Strategy of the State Anti-drug Policy of the Russian Federation till 2020

Abstract

The paper highlights that the current drug trafficking from Afghanistan is a complicated issue, closely linked to terrorist activities in Central Asia which poses a real threat to Russia’s national security. The authors evaluate the effectiveness of the state anti-drug policy of the Russian Federation and elaborate proposals for the system of political, military and law enforcement measures to regulate it in the medium term.

Keywords

• fighting drug trafficking
• eurasian economic union
• internation al anti-drug campaign
• drug trafficking
• drug trafficking from afghanistan
• the threat of terrorism and drug trafficking
• united nations office on drugs and crime
• federal drug control service of the russian federation