According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, social networks and instant messengers are increasingly used for drug promotion in Russia TASS.
“At the moment, the distribution of illegal advertising is of the only nature, which is the result of the active preventive work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in this direction. “At the same time, social networks and popular instant messengers are being used more actively to engage a wide range of people in illegal drug trafficking activities.”
The Main Directorate for Drug Control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (GUNK) takes into account new realities and, in addition to the usual strengthening of work to combat drug trafficking, implements a number of projects on the Internet – “Cyber team” and “Arctic Cyber Patrol”. Volunteers and experts from Roskomnadzor work on these projects.
Kursk Governor Roman Starovoit in January instructed To eliminate all articles containing drug advertising within 3 days.