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Activists form a red ribbon, the symbol of the worldwide campaign against AIDS in Russia, 2010. Vladimir Konstantinov/Reuters

How AIDS denialism spreads in Russia through online social networks

Peter Meylakhs, Russian National Research University The Higher School of Economics ; Yadviga Sinyavskaya, Russian National Research University The Higher School of Economics , and Yuri Rykov, Russian National Research University The Higher School of Economics

In Russia, social networks have given a new life to the conspiracy theory that HIV-AIDS is a global hoax.
The home-baked illicit drug krokodil first emerged in provincial Russia during the early 2000s. Dorin Popa/Flickr

The rise and fall of Russia’s ‘flesh‑eating drug’ krokodil

Andrey Zheluk, University of Sydney and Peter Meylakhs, Russian National Research University The Higher School of Economics

Reports of a “flesh-eating zombie drug” called krokodil, accompanied by lurid images first appeared in English during 2010. The drug serves as an excellent illustration of the havoc bad drug policies can…

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