A dozen young men, some wearing surgical masks, wreck a car with hammers and axes. One sets fire to a plastic bag filled with a greenish powder and a stack of cards that read: “Aroma. Smoking mixes.” The powder is a synthetic drug known as “spice” that is Russia’s latest scourge. The pair on the ground are pushers. And the hammer-wielding men? Vigilantes fighting the drug’s spread with widespread public approval, admiring television coverage – and, according to critics, the Kremlin’s tacit blessing.
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