They are simply under the power of the CIA and/or NSA. "Russia" all these bullshit features excluding Russian shipping region and others like Russian moderator for dispute and many more.
CIA always blames russia for shit and this is proven history. Best way for them to control the drug game internationally just as they used to with coke.
Barshitpostxan
AB doesn't go down for the same reason Dream doesn't go down, HANSA doesn't go down, Grams doesn't go down, BitcoinFog stays up, Agora left of their own volition, and tons of other scammy onion sites or even p***phile sites remain up for a long time -- without the admins making dumb OPSEC mistakes, identifying an onion site's location/IP is extremely difficult, and further identifying who actually controls these sites can be essentially impossible.
End of story. No tinfoil hat needed.