Darkside, Russia's dark web drug lord

'"Politics always attract extra attention," Darkside writes. "We do not want that."'

But interview with Wired will not attract any attention? Something fishy is going on.

I'd wager that politics tends to sic people on you because they disagree with your philosophy. If you don't espouse a philosophy, you're much less likely to become the victim of a politically motivated attack.

It's less likely that someone will read Wired and get riled up.

I thinks he was talking about authorities' attention. Look around the Russian side of Internet -- it's full of illegal stuff and local authorities there turn the blind eye on most online crimes, but crack down heavily on any activity that opposes official Kremlin's politics. Just a few examples:

1. http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/7/5690410/putin-signs-law-for... 2. http://www.rferl.org/content/journalists-in-trouble-jailed-r... 3. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/11/opinion/the-kremlins-socia...

I wish they'd posted longer transcripts of the interview - this seems like an excerpt, or a teaser.

he says. "You can't rape the whole world and remain safe."