Federal Drug Control Service of Russia

Law enforcement agency

Federal Service for the Control of Narcotics
Narco-Control
Наркополиция

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Abbreviation| FSKN
Agency overview
Formed| 11 March 2003
Preceding agencies|

* State Committee for the Control of the Circulation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances
* UNON MVD – MVD's Anti-Drugs Department

Dissolved| 31 May 2016 (Under a Presidential decree from 5 April 2016)
Superseding agency| Main Directorate for Drugs Control
Employees| ~40,000[1]
Annual budget| ₽24,737,452 RUB (2011)
(US$810,794)[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency
(Operations jurisdiction)| RUS
Operations jurisdiction| RUS
Legal jurisdiction| Russian Federation
Russian foreign drug-related investigations
Primary governing body| Presidential Administration of Russia
Secondary governing body| State Anti-Narcotics Committee
General nature|

* Federal law enforcement
* Civilian police

Operational structure
Headquarters| Moscow, Russia
Elected officer responsible|

* Vladimir Putin, President

Agency executives|

* Viktor Ivanov, last Director of the Federal Service for Drug Control
* Vladimir Kalada, First Deputy Director (last)

Parent agency| Presidential Administration of Russia
Child agency|

* Grom Unit, Narcopolice Spetsnaz

Notables
Anniversary|

* 11 March

Website
http://www.fskn.gov.ru/

The Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation or FSKN (in Russian: Федеральная служба Российской Федерации по контролю за оборотом наркотиков, ФСКН России) was a federal law enforcement agency of executive authority authorized to combat illicit drug trafficking. It was responsible for drafting state policy, legal regulation, control and monitoring in combating the trafficking of drugs, psychotropic substances, and their precursors. It was commonly known as The Drugs Police (Наркополиция).

The FSKN shared concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Security Service of Russia and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). The FSKN had sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing Russian drug investigations abroad, especially in Central Asia.

On 5 April 2016, the Federal Drug Control Service was dissolved, and its functions and authorities were transferred to Main Drugs Control Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.[3]

## History

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The first Anti-Drugs Independent Russian Agency was launched on 24 September 2002 under the name "The State Committee for Combat the Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation" (UNON MVD).

On 11 March 2003, the agency was transformed into the State Committee of Russian Federation to Monitor the Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (GOSNARCOCONTROL). That organization eventually became the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia. Viktor Cherkesov was appointed as the chairman of the committee. With around 40,000 employees and a budget of over US$800,000, the Committee surpassed the budget and staff numbers of the abolished Federal Tax Police Service of the Russian Federation. The committee began its operations on 1 July 2003.

On 6 June 2003, the Duma approved the Regulations on the State Committee of Russian Federation for the control of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. On 9 March 2004, The Russian Federal Drug Control Service was renamed to the Federal Service of the Russian Federation for the control of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and on 28 July 2004, was renamed the Russian Federal Service for Drug Control. On 12 May 2008, the President of Russia dismissed Viktor Cherkesov as Director of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service. On 15 May 2008, President Dmitry Medvedev appointed the former KGB general Viktor Ivanov as a Director of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service.

On 5 April 2016, the FSKN was replaced by the Main Directorate for Drugs Control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

## Structure

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* State Anti-Drugs Committee (Государственный антинаркотический комитет)
* Federal Drug Control Service
* Directorate for Analytical Coordination
* Operative Directorate
* Operation and Search Directorate
* Directorate for coordination of Operative Activities
* Directorate for combating against Drug Crimes in Transportation
* Directorate for combating against illegal activities in narcotics sphere
* Directorate for combating against Money laundering
* Department for International Cooperation
* Investigative Department
* Department for Special Technic Activities
* Department for Internal Security
* Directorate for Special Communications (Wiretapping and eavesdropping)
* Directorate for Special Purpose (Spetsnaz Directorate)
* "Grom" Unit («Гром») – A special unit designed to fight against illegal drugs crimes and Narco-Mafia[4]
* Medical Directorate
* Directorate for Technic Support

## Tasks and missions

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SURPAT wearing Grom Special Purpose Unit member of the Federal Drug Control Service

The main tasks of Russian Federal Drug Control Service were:

* monitoring the trafficking of drugs;
* detection, prevention, suppression, detection and preliminary investigation of crimes attributed to the investigative jurisdiction of Federal Drug Control Service of Russia;
* coordination of enforcement authorities to combat drug trafficking;
* establishment and maintenance of a unified data bank on issues related to drug trafficking, as well as to combat their illegal trafficking.

## Day of Drug Control Authorities

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On 16 February 2008, a Decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an official professional holiday on 11 March – the Day of Drug Control Authorities.

## Criticism

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Criticism of the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia stemmed from legal concerns. For example, in 2004, the use of the analgesic medication ketamine was explicitly forbidden for use in veterinary clinics after it had been scheduled as a drug of abuse. Veterinarians, to alleviate the suffering of animals, broke the law as a result of a conflict between the legal and moral implications. The most "sensational" case was the process of Alexandra Duque.[citation needed]

The Federal Drug Control Service also drew criticism for allegedly rigging the results of substance inspections (for example, identifying UR-144 as JWH-018 and finding drugs that were never there), improper scheduling (such as qualifying Modafinil as a cocaine substitute) and using very vague and unspecific drug analog laws.[citation needed]

## Directors

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#  | Image  | Director  | Years  | President | Notes

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1  |  | Viktor Cherkesov | 24 September 2002 – 12 May 2008  | Vladimir Putin | Head of the State Committee for Narcotics Control;
later the Director of FSKN
2  |  | Viktor Ivanov | May 2008 – May 2016  | Dmitry Medvedev,
Vladimir Putin  | Head Director of Control Services

## See also

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* Russia portal

* Main Directorate for Drugs Control, successor
* DEA, the U.S. counterpart
* United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
* International Narcotics Control Caucus
* International Narcotics Control Board
* Anti-Narcotics Force

## In popular culture

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Two films were created by the Russian government about the FSKN:

* Tiski (2007) by Valery Todorovsky, starring Maksim Matveev, Fyodor Bondarchuk and Aleksey Serebryakov
* Antidur (2007) by Vladimir Shchegolkov ; starring Vladimir Turchinsky and Dmitry Dyuzhev[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ Ряды ФСКН поредеют, Russian source
2. ^ Official report, fskn.gov.ru
3. ^ Putin closes Russia's Drugs Agency; casts aside longtime supporter Ivanov, The Moscow Times
4. ^ Russian Source

## Further reading

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### English

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* International – Russian Federation // Basic Data // Laws and Policies – Research on HIV and IDU in Russia
* Louise Shelley, The Drug Trade in Contemporary Russia, 2006
* "Atmospheric Pressure" – Russian Drug Policy as a Driver for Violations of the UN Convention against Torture
* Research of the ICSDP on Russian drugs atmosphere

### Russian

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* Специализированным подразделениям по борьбе с незаконным оборотом наркотиков МВД России – 19 лет, Отдел общественных связей – Департамент уголовного розыска // МВД РФ
* Алексей Мухин. Путеводитель по спецслужбам России. Центр политической информации, 2006.
* Владимир Овчинский. Правовые основы деятельности органов Госнаркоконтроля: сборник документов. Инфра-М, 2004
* Бахаудин Батирович Тангиев, Наркотизация России – угроза национальной безопасности, Северно-Западное управление внутренных дел на транспорте МВД России, 2004 – 155 pages
* Г. М Миньковский. Наркотизм: профилактика и стратегия борьбы, Институт научной информации по общественным наукам (Российская академия наук), Главный информационный центр МВД России, 1999.

## External links

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