but individuals selling large quantities of drugs will be in for more severe punishment all the way up to a life sentence for people not involved in large drug related crimes will consider alternative action which may mean offering them the option of taking a therapy course instead of punishment according to a numbers only ten percent and that end up in russia is. headed by. what is the problem. to drug users. these figures are in fact common for the whole world i mean police all over the world be it europe or america only managed to confiscate around ten percent of illegally traded drugs within their countries another thing is the extremely low efficiency of our borders and their administrative and legal methods lead to the fact that only north point two percent of all drugs are intercepted at the borders drugs that get into russia first have to go through the states of central asia

where they're not intercepted those states themselves above all are victims of afghanistan's enormous drug production as a matter of fact afghanistan itself is the victim of global drug mafia work which creates the demand and the political will to continue production in the country. this is why countries next to stan have the greatest density of drugs. simply because they are closer to the epicenter further away the drug since a lot of different channels and then drugs get to russia for example through the seven thousand kilometer border with kazakstan. over eighty percent of all synthetic substances that are illegally traded in russia originate in europe mostly the netherlands where most amphetamine based drugs are manufactured poland the baltic states germany bulgaria and many other countries with underground drug labs. are small but there are many of them and the substances

they produce find their way to russia through various channels speaking of the amounts that we intercept and confiscate its nearly half a ton of synthetic substances every year mostly these are methamphetamine. l.s.d. ecstasy and other similar drugs. testing people on mass would be far too radical no of course not we're talking about establishing an early warning system to detect drug addicts and abusers after all people are not born addicted to drugs it all starts with experimenting mostly in teenage years when kids start spending more time on the streets away from their parents that's when they get to know drugs this needs to be detected at an early stage and if parents are warned in advance sometimes it just takes parental action and advice to put an end to these dangerous practices if not stopped in time these experiments later lead to regular consumption which in turn requires longer and

more costly treatment. no we're not talking about force treatment here any forcing of treatment is a. of the person so it's important that drug users make this decision for themselves in our country drug abuse is subject to administrative liability and punishment by paying a fine on average six hundred rubles punished and then they're released so our society seems to hope the drug users will somehow realize that they require treatment for this addiction. but they won't because their mind is blurred by chemical and psychoactive substances. therefore a legal system should be created to push them towards having treatment and as i've said this is what we call alternative responsibility by the way this is also recommended in the united nations and he drugs conventions according to.

what you're. i have to say that we rejected this kind of conclusion so did my colleagues in the u.s. russia presidential commission mr gil kerlikowske made a statement we discussed it immediately with washington over the hotline and criticized the global commission legalizing drugs is a road to nowhere more than that it will result in the growth of drug abuse let me remind you of a referendum on legalizing marijuana in california in september last year i was there when it was held where we decided with mr gil kerlikowske at a number of meetings with officials including the man the sheriff the chief of police the prosecutor all the respectable professions had a clear position against a legalizing marijuana and the referendum confirms that it should not be legalized . drugs.

but i have explicit information from the u.s. presidential administration that this financier had largely funded the campaign. certainly this example of the global commission reminds me of a global p.r. campaign by drawing so much attention but even a respectable agency like the b.b.c. covered the fact that this belongs to the un i mean even serious agencies were confused therefore there are many reasons to believe that this drug lobby had funded the campaign moreover i want to indicate that we've been discussing at various international platforms on may the tenth i spoke at the g eight ministerial conference in paris and so did many of my colleagues we said that unfortunately our fight against drugs stagnates at both local and regional levels because the global

level stays even beyond our understanding this concept hasn't been developed yet i did this context i want to know that the former under secretary general of the united nations antonio costa who was responsible for the drug problem mentioned that in two thousand and eight to two thousand and nine in the midst of the global financial crisis. three hundred fifty two billion u.s. dollars from selling drugs were pumped into the world's leading banks this means that a certain global level determines or sets the demand for drugs turnover and ultimately a political order for this production. as far as the withdrawal from afghanistan is concerned the picture is unclear so far it was said that the withdrawal would start and certain parameters for it had been set they've mentioned thirty thousand troops by the end of the year but when i

was in washington last september they were talking about the need to increase the military contingent in afghanistan exactly by thirty thousand now they're planning to return these thirty seven and in fact nothing has changed i think the world community and you can disagree is beginning to consider the situation in afghanistan. several reasons behind the decision to launch a military operation and the decision of the world community to interfere in the internal affairs of this for country first to put an end to the taliban rule to set up an interim administration and hold free elections. these tasks were supposed to be in six or twelve months but this september we'll see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer than world war two the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved it's become even worse and even senior officials like general petraeus for example commanding the military operation in afghanistan says that the number of armed clashes there increases year after year in fact the number of armed

clashes over the past ten years has increased more than one hundred times so have the assigned tasks been achieved we see that security in afghanistan has. said that drug production cannot be fought because it damages the security situation in the country so it's a kind of closed circle in this respect to the be worthwhile to note a nato operation in helmand province which produces the most opium poppies the operation was called iraq which translated from persian means together. the operation was presented as a brilliant military success considerable kilometers and hectares of the province were reportedly cleared of insurgents but the production of opium has never. settle and is necessary started talking about. it was highlighted at the london conference on afghanistan in two thousand and ten the autumn conference and also stressed the need to find a peaceful settlement but the latest initiative was voiced by the us president

barack obama on negotiations with the taliban and the resolutions of the united nations security council which divided responsibility between the taliban and al qaeda are offering a unique opportunity to drop a program of eliminating drug production i've just come from a meeting of the parliamentary faction of the progressive alliance of so. liston democrats are also the second largest faction in the european union here outside the european parliament building we discussed the e.u. strategy towards afghanistan because large sections of that strategy are devoted to liquidation of drugs production of the e.u. strategy matches very well with a russian drafted plan called rudiger to liquidate the production of drugs in afghanistan in fact the direction that russia and the european union are taking together very well so today we have a unique opportunity for resolution and decisive action but. the head of russia's federal service thank you very much for speaking with us today i see thank you very much.

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stories this hour the bodies of over one hundred people including many children have been recovered from the volga river the side of sunday's sinking of a pleasure cruise that rescuers continue the search for more is around thirty remain missing. up to seventeen people believed explosions hit the indian city of mumbai the blasts hit the business district in a crowded marketplace and islamic group called the indian mujahideen has reportedly claimed responsibility for the american missile shield over europe remains the main obstacle in russia u.s. relations as moscow wants legal guarantees it won't be targeted the statement came from russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov on a visit to the united states. and the euro zone economic crisis deepens as a downgrade to junk fueling fears the country may need a second bailout this come shortly after some of the predictions were made about portugal italy also tipped to be at risk. temperance update for the moment i'll be

back with more news for us and fifteen minutes from now the meantime sport is next with kate. thank you for joining me for the latest sports and here at the top stories. think of the sprint britain's mark cavendish wins the eleventh stage of the tour de france to take over the point leaders were injured as a. wall into the law states you're going to be mexico one nil to seven in corporate america quarter final showdown with house argentina. and growing glory all eyes are on mcelroy as the twenty two year old goes for his second golf major win a row at the british open tees off on thursday. the first to cycling and britain's mark cavendish has defied the rain to win the eleventh stage of the tour de france and the overall points lead his green jersey while frenchman thomas burke there

were times overall race leaders yellow jersey well the briton seen here winning stage seven had been beaten into second in a sprint finish why i'm going on cheese day but this time around cavendish pit the germans who in the hundred sixty seven point five kilometer run mean together in victory was the h d c highland riders third this year's tour and he's eighteen in total a reef or behind american lance armstrong. moving on to football a year ago i secured a copper america quarter final against hosts argentina thanks to a narrow one nil victory over mexico in la plata the only goal was scored by our vote up or there after fourteen minutes picking up the rebound from diego for lance free kicks and the could have been even more goals we were going for man himself flipping the post minutes later. on in the second half they struck the woodwork yet again with a less dead zero point this time. mexico thought they'd equalized later on but rafa

market knew goes if it was ruled offside and signed to a group stage exit from the competition for the first time or you're going to miss . seconding saying a map like argentina. important theme is that the team and i we need that we've qualified and that we managed to achieve our plans to this point as a forward as a player i just want to help out and do the best for the team in whatever way that can be. scoring goals so now we have an important game on saturday we have to stay relaxed and do ready to take our chances and hopefully they will rise. well meanwhile chile will head into the quarterfinals as group c. women's after stoppage time goal from under a carrier suddenly beat three one million mendoza both teams were reduced to ten men just after the all mark who is john collar catalona. to do well seeing red and the game was decided after a ninety second was bundled into his i met by carrier however despite the defeat

for still finished third in the group and also qualify for the last eight. i mean while a possible move to see carlos tevez return to south america has been scuppered brazilian side corinthians say they will not increase their initial offer of fifty five million dollars which was turned down by the strikers club manchester city thirty seven year old is currently playing for argentina at the copper america had stated he wants a move away from manchester for family reasons before the start of the new season however back to his former club for instance now looks unlikely the brazilian transfer window closing in july the twenty year. old in the meantime city's hard drive was managed united has been dealt a blow in their reporting bit by netherlands midfielder was this neither from him to milan this year as light has denied their twenty seven year old star is up for sale nor did they confirm any official approach has been made tonight that is under contract with interpol for more years and has so far scored fifteen goals in

seventeen on a clearance as. well with or without either united or in america with a pre-season world football challenge tournament it's the start of a new era in the realities midfield after paul scholes retirement while on a visit to harvard university manager sir alex ferguson revealed he's missed out on signing ourselves samir nasri but as there's now a chance for a young star to shine through the night his rights. as i was. having i want comma. the next few weeks maybe help was this great someone was very often do my actions and attitudes i mean i was someone in. the youth team or one of the young players america is. carrying on well realm of dread also at the pre-season told him and coach shares in marino believes they're closer to playing is signing on loan emmanuel added by all of them bringing. out of the madrid renault speaking ahead of his team's opening game against l.a.

galaxy on saturday which is something christiane rinaldo was looking forward to today to get back and. it's a good game for us because we re still. in the pre-season so it will be great really exciting because i always like to play and if you play against good teams to better for as we show more motivated so it will be a great survey and i hope of course to win the game to be face in real madrid saw him actually since i left you know it's emotional because you you get attached to a club you get attached to the people at the club. and to be face in. its team with the talent that they've got in the team not just with the talented guys that have got here but the young players and of course joe is a. lot elsewhere it's been a surprisingly stern test political to right wing match against second to club guangdong sunway cave in china things look so easy in the beginning for the reds they lead to nothing the grace of the first half chris to pull something david

undone metamorphose goals however want them to pull one back right before the break but trial for one with just five minutes to go on cody and andy carroll and another two for the visitors but kenny dalglish's men relaxed in the dying minutes and just survived a late night comeback by the home side they held on for a full three win though. next heading. give great get yourself probably get yourself oh sure includes plane whether it's playing games i don't lose games there's going to be some good things it's going to be some bad things but our street piece is full and there's been a friendly to remember for one goalkeeper on his debut for the san jose earthquakes david think of this i was going to play against the only time i was wrong the ball went the entire lives of the pitch danced over the head of his opposite number well as my help i come to the net i san jose went on to win two one

i follow on now i may have to wait another three years before russia's first race is held in sochi but this weekend top teams red bull and ferrari will be in the city to start watching the other side they'll show off their cars along with lotus and window who are bringing their russian driver tally patrol and the organizers believe it will further boost the sport's popularity in the country so. we want to show that formula one is beautiful we want people in sochi not only to see but also hear formula one because their sound can't be compared with anything and fortunately the popularity of formula one is not as big here is in europe but that is the thing we must change and in turn that could attract more visitors to sort of which what is it you golf now and after cruising to emphatic victory at the u.s. open many expect warry mcelroy to win the british open championship which gets underway on thursday so if you do you also northern ireland has been the center of

media attention and hasn't played a competitive ran since he claimed his maiden major win by eight strokes outlook in question or three weeks ago that matador says that's the way he likes it. yeah i mean i'm trying to prepare for this this major like i prepare for every other major . you have been i was here last week for a couple of days and i got a couple practice runs in you know one time to practice. you know sort of get away from everything and and then come back here on you know on tuesday which i usually do you know it seemed to work the last few days the last few times i've done it so you know i want to just you know keep the same the same thing go on and. you know deftly seems to work so michael roy's in a confident made but he'll have his what has that if he wants to get his hands on a second strike maija new world number one league donald is among his main competitors will have some big names are also missing considering the top off looks at linz on the open championship. the highest paid professional athlete in the

world or woods is still the biggest name in golf however the fourteen time major winner will miss the open due to trouble some left leg injury the thirty five year old quest to equal and best college in the reject nicholas total of eighteen on the big barrier for now i have tire guessers health back. tiger went again and when he went quite a bit again and you know where i broke my record probably injury also ruling for muslim bat out of gold's oldest major in the most bizarre circumstances the forty two year old became the second local quit to win the french open at the start of the month and broke his leg after jumping in a lake to celebrate his victory phil mickelson and lee westwood i remember top contenders as usual but both lefty and westy have been struggling for form of flate remarkable way you stop of that bill after his stunning first major victory at the u.s. open the twenty two year old northern irish man choosing to take three weeks off

towards meaning he hasn't played a competitive throne since his greatest ever day probably a lot of pressure being put on him. which he said. i'm fortunate it's natural but this the pressure is going to be he's going to be looked upon especially to tighten up playing he's going to be looked upon as the new kid coming through so i think that guy the go one way or the other that could give him confidence or it could actually provide too much pressure at the end of the day he has the great chance he's thriving all confidence because of the usa and when he's used to links golf he grew up on it is no reason why he. looked through and also among the frontrunners after securing his first victory since becoming world number one at the scottish open looks had a great year and every bit every all the golf is played over here you know he's played very very well it looks playing well he's playing great what a worker he is he looks a member of our court my course at home and he absolutely is on the putting

chipping green and bunker play and he's there all the time and he works harder than anybody out there we've seen it get results however the thirty three year old english man will have to rewrite history as no plinth has ever won the scottish open and gone on to win the british open about out of archie. and that's a. fair. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on our t.v. .

the aftermath of russia's worst river disaster in decades as the bodies of over one hundred people including many children have been recovered from the volga river rescues continue the search for more. of the american missile shield over europe remains the main obstacle in russian u.s. relations as russia's foreign minister who's on a visit to washington calls for legal guarantees moscow will not be targeting. the euro zone economic crisis deepens as this is done greatly to junk status fueling fears the country may need a second you know. and it's. nervous days for on the equity markets but great news for gold find out why and our business bulletin n. twenty minutes.

good to have you with this is hour with news and comment from around the world this is our to you live in moscow with twenty four hours a day revelations keep coming about the ill fated voyage of the sunken pleasure cruiser on the volga river as a former captain says it was technically dead long before sunday's disaster over one hundred people are now officially confirmed to have died after the bulgaria went down in just a matter of minutes and the republican. has the latest from the scene and he may find some of the images in his report disturbing. at the moment two hundred divers are working out in the volga three kilometers from the bank in shifts searching room by room inside the sunken bug area pleasure cruiser and behind me the river port the number of flowers and cuddly toys and candles that are piling up against the walls of the river port here continues to grow however there's also

another feeling going here as well as of grief and that's of anger and questions increasingly growing as to the revelations that keep in mind about the ship just earlier here at the river port a former captain of that ship the bulgaria came and revealed some alarming details about the ship's life before its last voyage. i became captain of the vessel in two thousand and seven the ship hadn't even been renovated for a while before that there were big problems with the engines and power generators repeatedly mention that to the management and even had an argument with them these debates will continue as to what caused this tragic sinking but it doesn't do anything to relieve the grief here on the banks of the volga. this is the happy scene that should have been this ship is designed almost identically to the bulgaria in this room almost identical to the one that children on that ship played in.