| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Illegal
Russland. Revealing Trends in Russia’s Dark-Web Drug Markets
Russland. Revealing Trends in Russia’s Dark-Web Drug Markets
(…) It was after 2010 that the popularity of dark-web drug marketplaces began to grow in Russia. Supplying people with illegal drugs was increasingly done remotely—but not by mail, as in North America and Western Europe, because the mostly state-run Russian mail is checked thoroughly. Instead, it is typically done by means of zakladki or “dead-drops.” Stashes of substances are hidden for customers to pick up—placed on magnets in the entrances of apartment buildings, for example, or buried in flower beds or in forests. (Filter, USA, 16.12.2020)