Illusions versus reality: NATO and Afghan opium – RT: “According to Ivanov, such an approach looks strange in the current situation. “If one goes on with this ‘concern for the people’, one should point out that the price of opium has dropped from $90 to $60 per kilogram,” he is quoted as saying by Itar-Tass. “So, one could assume that it is necessary to increase the area of the plantations by 50 per cent.'”