Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

For decades, Myanmar was a heroin supplier to the world.

But as production turned to methamphetamines and prices plummeted, domestic consumption has shot up.

The government is failing to tackle the problem, so now vigilantes are doing it.

And make sure to head outside tonight to catch a glimpse of comet neo-wise as it makes its closest approach to the earth.

It won't be back for thousands of years.

We speak to the scientist who led the team that first discovered it in March.

But first.

So the question is, who is protecting British public from interference in our democratic process?

Well in a nutshell, we found no one is.

Yesterday, British Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee released its much delayed Russia report.

It examined a long campaign of misinformation that may have influenced the 2014 Scottish Independence vote,

raising questions about Russia's sway over the 2016 Brexit referendum.

The report said that Moscow's meddling is the new normal,

and that successive conservative governments normally looked the other way.

The report reveals that no one in government knew if Russia interfered in or sought influence the referendum,

because they did not want to know.

What's more, the committee pointed out how senior figures linked to the Kremlin have found easy access to the British establishment.

Arrival of Russian money is resulting a growth industry of enablers, that lawyers, accountants, state agents.

Russia's foreign ministry dismissed the report, calling it mere russophobia.

...