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in China (45 tons).This UN data is confirmed by Russian sources. In March 2009, Viktor Ivanov, head of the Federal Service for Drug Control, said that there were between 2 million and 2.5 million drug addicts in Russia, out of which 500,000 were officially registered. Increasing numbers of Russians are dying from drug abuse, 30,000-40,000, according to government estimates, and the number of drug addicts grows by 80,000 every year.
There are three main drug routes from Afghanistan, the largest of them running via Iran (35%-40% of drugs).
The second route runs via Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (25%-30%), with some 50 tons of heroin reaching Russia annually, mostly through Kazakhstan. There is also an air route to Russia from Pakistan and Central Asia and sea and air routes from Africa.
The third route runs via Pakistan (25%-30% of drugs), in particular via Baluchistan to Karachi and on to Western Europe by sea.