Russia and Methadone: Breaking the Ice

HCLU’s video advocacy team attended a press conference organized by the Russian delegation in Vienna at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in 2010. We asked Mr. Viktor Ivanov, the head of the Federal Drug Control Service, why they still don't allow methadone. Mr. Ivanov said there is no evidence that methadone treatment works, but he also said that there is a possibility to experiment with methadone in the regional level, which has never been said before in Russia. In the film various experts, like Carel Edwards from the EU Commission or Antonio maria Costa from the UN share their knowledge on methadone and the Russian situation.