Russia will boost its drug control mission...

"The drug situation in Russia is rather difficult, and needs fast decisions, both in Russia and within the framework of international cooperation," Viktor Ivanov said.

Ivanov, the head of the Federal Drug Control Service, was speaking in Kabul at a Russian embassy meeting with top drug officials from a number of countries, as well as UN and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force representatives.

Citing official figures for Afghan drug trafficking, Ivanov said that "such mass drug production has long outgrown the scope of one country and has given rise to global drug trafficking."

He said there were three major drug channels, the so-called Balkan route via the Balkan countries to the European Union, the northern route via Central Asia to Russia, and the southern route via India and Pakistan to the rest of the world.

Ivanov explained that this global drug trafficking network could not be disabled unless international bodies took sterner measures

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