How a Self-Described ‘Junkie’ Rode Synthetic Drugs to Oblivion — and Fame

29 October 2026 at 14:53

An Estonian addict could barely keep pace with the new drugs flooding the market. His terrifying accounts of the cruel toll they took on his body held his country in its grip.

The Estonian police used to respond to reports of people sniffing glue at these abandoned housing units. Now ultra-potent new synthetic drugs are keeping them busy.

Pragmatic or pointless? Europe’s rift over whether to pick up the phone to Putin

World news | The Guardian

By: Pjotr Sauer

29 October 2026 at 15:55

With no single European representative negotiating directly with Moscow, some leaders are establishing their own channels – with messy results

The Nordic countries rarely fall out in public over foreign policy, least of all over Russia.

But a 90-minute phone call this week to Vladimir Putin by the leaders of Finland and Norway drew an unusual rebuke from their Danish and Swedish neighbours.