DRUG USE UP IN RUSSIAN ARMY.

In military construction units, almost oneRussian soldier in three is addicted to drugs, Podmoskovskie izvestiyareported May 13. The civilian authorities do not get involved, and themilitary authorities do not want to, the paper said. Drug use in themilitary, and in the broader society, is likely to expand because it remainshighly profitable: Moskovskie novosti reported May 23 that every rubleinvested in drug operations yields a 1,000 ruble profit.

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