MOSCOW. (Pyotr Goncharov for RIA Novosti)...
traders are put on the same footing with street dealers and, when punished, serve the same or even shorter sentences, or none at all.Hence there is a need to introduce in legislation an additional qualifying proviso for wholesale dealers, one that provides for harsher punishment for the distribution and sales of drugs in particularly large amounts, starting with 15 years and up to life imprisonment.
We certainly wish Alexander Torshin every success. His proposals go beyond introducing long sentences. He has made a close study of the problem, going back to its deepest roots, which stretch to Afghanistan. Torshin is the first Russian of his rank to say that in dealing with Afghan narcotics (more than 90% of opiates in Russia are made in Afghanistan) Russia has to count only on itself and its legislation, its law enforcement agencies, and so on.
Why is that? Take a look at the recent joint statement by the Russian and U.S. presidents on Afghanistan, which contained
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