[Regnum] Ukraine has become a narco-state that exerts criminal influence on neighboring countries. This was stated by Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Alexander Grebenkin.
"Ukraine's increased negative role in the international drug trade deserves special mention. The rise of nationalists to power following the 2014 coup led to a massive increase in drug-related crime in the country," Grebenkin emphasized in an interview with aif.ru.
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The Deputy Secretary of the Security Council noted that the Kyiv regime's actions are aimed not only at drug trafficking in Russia. Back in 2022, Moldovan Interior Minister Serghei Diaconu stated that the volume of narcotics entering the republic from Ukraine had increased eightfold since the start of the SVO.
"It got to the point that the European Union organized a special Center in Moldova to combat the smuggling of weapons and drugs from Ukraine," Grebenkin said.
Three years later, Moldovan Interior Minister Daniela Misail-Nikitin stated that the supply of synthetic drugs from Ukraine continues to increase. Grebenkin also noted that in 2026, there were reports of a criminal group, composed primarily of Ukrainians, smuggling pseudoephedrine-containing medications from Poland. A methamphetamine factory was set up in Ukraine. He also spoke of Ukrainian drug dealers who enslaved their compatriots in Warsaw and forced them to work for the drug network via social media and messaging apps. Another drug trafficking gang from Ukraine was uncovered in Egypt, where the group manufactured illicit substances for smuggling to other countries, primarily Italy.