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For unauthorised personal possession, the administrative upper quantities differ: 6 g of m … tablished; not every liquid or carrier mixture is automatically hashish oil.[@quantities] Especially large personal possession carries ten to fifteen years; the latter two tiers allow an additional fine up to RUB500,000 or an income-based fine.[@uk228] The table follows marijuana plant material; resin and oil keep their separate thresholds.[@quantities]
Growing plants that contain narcotics is an administrative offence under Article 10.5.1Unauthorised growing of the Code of Administrative Offences when it is notfewer than twenty cannabis plants brings a crime: a fine of 3RUB3,000 to –5,000 roublesfine or up to 15fifteen days' arrest of administrative detention. Growing in a 'large amount'[@koap1051, which for cannabis starts at 20 plants, is a crime under Article 231 of] From twenty plants the Criminal Codecriminal maximum is two years, with alternatives including a fine, compulsory labour or up to two years in prison; inRUB300,000 or an 'especially large amount'income-based fine; from 330 plants, or by afor group growing, it carries up tois eight years.[@uk231,plants] These plant counts are separate from the weight rules for harvested cannabis.[@plants,quantities]
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Even administrative personal possession permits detention, while larger quantities bring criminal prosecution under Article 228 is known as the 'people's article' because so many prisoners are held under it. The low thresholds, planted-evidence scandals and long sentences for anything resembling supply make this far harsher than the 6 g rule suggests.[@wikikoap68,uk228] The 6 g figure is for plant material: cannabisSupreme Court’s sentencing review prompted a [proposal to lower prison terms](/hashish oil has significant and large grading figures of 0history/russia-possession-sentence-proposal-2026/) for possession without intent to supply.4 g and 5 g, with criminal penalties above the applicable thresholds.[@quantities,uk228proposal26]
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Any sale or transfer, including giving cannabis away, falls under Article 228.1 of the Cri … or a 'large amount', and fifteen to twenty years or life for an 'especially large amount'.[@uk2281] The last tier also permits life imprisonment; optional fines in the aggravated tiers reach RUB500,000 or RUB1 million, with income-based alternatives.[@uk2281]
Using a narcotic without a doctor's prescription, or refusing a medical examination when p … n who goes voluntarily to a medical organisation for treatment is released from liability.[@koap69]
No legal sourceThere is no lawful recreational supplier: any salegiving or transfer, including a gift, fallsselling cannabis is prosecuted under Article 228.1 of the Criminal Codesupply offence.[@uk2281] Marijuana, hashish and using a narcotic without a doctor's prescription is an administrative offence under Article 6cannabis oil are on Schedule I of the controlled-drug list.9.[@schedule]
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Registered varieties ofThe lawful cannabis crop is industrial hemp may be grown for industry ifmeeting the leavesregistered-variety and flowering tops hold no more than 0.1% THC; seed of the fourth and later generations may not be sown conditions.[@res101] The area was about 2same decree authorises opium poppy for medical drug production,000 hectares in 2012 and 10,200 in 2019, against nearly a million in the Soviet Union of 1928 while its cannabis permission covers industrial uses. Growing[@res101] Commercial supply of psychoactive cannabis for medicine is not allowedremains a criminal offence. No other production.[@uk2281]
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Reliable national information about legally available cannabis products was not established by the retained sources.
NoPatients have no domestic medical-cannabis; dispensing route: marijuana, hashish and cannabis is on the list of substances banned fromoil are listed among prohibited Schedule I narcotics.[@schedule] The cultivation decree permits medical usepoppy and industrial hemp.[@res101] A foreign prescription does not create an exemption from the reviewed cannabis possession offence.[@koap68,uk228]
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UsersForeign nationals face expulsion alongside the fine or detention for administrative possession and use.[@koap68,koap69] A person who voluntarily seeks treatment for drug use can be placed on a narcological register, which blocks driving licences and some jobsexempted from the use offence. 'Propaganda' of drugs[@koap69] Voluntary surrender may exempt administrative possession, including online, iswhile the criminal exemption also penalisedrequires active assistance and excludes drugs seized during arrest or a search.[@koap68,uk228]
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NoA collective cannot lawfully supply recreational cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibitedits members: transfers fall under the criminal supply prohibition.[@uk2281] Unauthorised cultivation remains punishable even below the criminal plant threshold.[@koap1051,uk231]
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There is no legal recreational supply.[@uk2281] The 6 g administrative ceiling concerns marijuana plant material; hashish has a 2 g ceiling and cannabis/hashish oil 0.4 g.[@quantities] Above the applicable figure, criminal possession penalties can apply; larger oil cases above the 5 g grading figure can bring three to ten years.[@uk228] Foreigners can be expelled even for administrative possession.[@quantities,uk228,koap68]
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Russian Government — Resolution 934, cultivation quantity table Russian Government — Resolution 681, Schedule I narcotic drugs Vedomosti — Supreme Court submits proposal to reduce possession sentences, 15 May 2026 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences — The origins of cannabis smoking (2019) 17 unchanged
RUB
upto 6 g · treatment civil · term Administrative offence · prison 15 days · fine min 4000 · fine 5000 · note Fine or detention; marijuana plant material only, over 6 g · upto 100 g · treatment criminal · term Significant amount · prison 3 years · fine 40000 · note Prison or a fine, or other statutory alternatives; income-based fine also possible, over 100 g · upto 100000 g · treatment criminal · term Large amount · prison min 3 years · prison 10 years · fine 500000 · note Additional fine optional; income-based alternative possible, over 100000 g · treatment criminal · term Especially large amount · prison min 10 years · prison 15 years · fine 500000 · note Additional fine optional; income-based alternative possible
RUB
upto 19 plants · treatment civil · term Administrative offence · prison 15 days · fine min 3000 · fine 5000 · note Fine or detention, over 19 plants · upto 329 plants · treatment criminal · term Large amount · prison 2 years · fine 300000 · note Prison or a fine, or other statutory alternatives; income-based fine possible, over 329 plants · treatment criminal · term Especially large amount · prison 8 years, label Group cultivation · treatment criminal · term Article 231(2) · prison 8 years
RUB
label Ordinary supply · treatment criminal · term Article 228.1(1) · prison min 4 years · prison 8 years, label Internet supply or specified places · treatment criminal · term Article 228.1(2) · prison min 5 years · prison 12 years · fine 500000 · note Additional fine optional; income-based alternative possible, label Significant amount or prior group agreement · treatment criminal · term Article 228.1(3) · prison min 8 years · prison 15 years · fine 500000 · note Additional fine optional; income-based alternative possible, label Large amount or other statutory aggravation · treatment criminal · term Article 228.1(4) · prison min 10 years · prison 20 years · fine 1000000 · note Additional fine optional; income-based alternative possible, label Especially large amount · treatment criminal · term Article 228.1(5) · prison min 15 years · prison 20 years · fine 1000000 · note Life imprisonment is an alternative; additional fine optional
RUB
label Use without prescription or qualifying refusal of examination · treatment civil · term Article 6.9 · prison 15 days · fine min 4000 · fine 5000 · note Fine or detention; foreign nationals also face expulsion
Adults have no legal shop or home-growing allowance for psychoactive cannabis.[@uk2281,koap1051] Even the lowest possession tier permits detention, and giving cannabis to a friend falls under the criminal supply law.[@koap68,uk2281] A [May 2026 proposal](/history/russia-possession-sentence-proposal-2026/) sought lower prison maxima for personal possession; the reviewed criminal code still sets the existing tiers.[@proposal26,uk228]
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Industrial hemp may be grown from registered varieties containing no more than 0.1% THC in the dry leaves and flowering tops.[@res101] The [2020 rules](/history/russia-hemp-varieties-2020/) require approved varieties and forbid sowing seed of the fourth and later reproductions.[@res101] The permitted use is industrial production unrelated to making narcotic drugs.[@res101]
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Russian drug schedules use both [cannabis](/culture/language/cannabis/) and [anasha](/culture/language/anasha/), the latter as a name for hashish.[@quantities] The [Indian hemp](/culture/language/indian-hemp/) wording of earlier Soviet bans contrasts with the modern decree’s botanical category covering the genus Cannabis.[@soviet1960,plants] The atlas’s [Scythian vapour bath](/culture/traditions/the-scythian-vapour-bath/) connects to archaeological cannabis finds in Russia’s Altai mountains, discussed alongside the 2019 Pamir residue research.[@archaeology]
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