CRIMINAL CODE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
> Section IX. Offenses against public safety and order
> > Chapter 25. Crimes against public health and public morals
> > > Article 228. Illegal acquisition, possession, transportation, manufacture, processing of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, or their analogues, as well as illegal acquisition, possession, transportation of plants containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, or parts thereof containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances
[1. Illegal acquisition, possession, transportation, production, processing without the intent to sell of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, or their analogues in significant quantities, as well as the illegal acquisition, storage, transportation without the intent to sell of plants containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, or parts thereof containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, in significant quantities — shall be punished by a fine of up to forty thousand rubles or in the amount of the convicted person's salary or other income for a period of up to three months, or by forced labor for a period of up to four hundred and eighty hours, or by correctional labor for a period of up to two years, or by restriction of liberty for a period of up to three years, or by deprivation of liberty for the same period. raft.]
2. The same acts, if committed on a large scale, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of three to ten years and a fine of up to five hundred thousand rubles or in the amount of the convicted person's salary or other income for a period of up to three years, or without such, and by restriction of liberty for a period of up to one year, or without such. <...>