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Science
Niko Vorobyov

Inside Russia's dark web drug markets

Puff-Puff (or Khapochka, meaning a short drag from a joint or a cigarette) is a young, beautiful (insofar as I can tell behind her mask) woman in her mid-twenties and, in her own words, “a drug courier from Russia, blogger and just an idol of millions.” She entered the drug trade as a side hustle while completing her studies and now blogs about her lifestyle on her Telegram channel, Courier in a Skirt, where she chats with fans and answers their questions. 

“To be honest, the idea [to start a blog] was given to me by one person on Telegram,” she told me. “I thought and realized that I really have something to tell people, and it’s also more about talking openly about that part of my life that you can’t discuss with family and friends. After all, it’s better to ask advice on how to best bake pot cookies in a chat of like-minded people, and not from your mother, right?”

Her job begins by collecting wholesale consignments from her anonymous paymasters, which she then weighs into smaller packages and hides around the city for their customers. 

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