Summer residents face criminal or administrative liability for a plot of land overgrown with weeds.
Plants containing narcotic substances may result in criminal liability.
Senior partner of the law firm Time Lex, Artem Gritsyuk, in a conversation with RBC, recalled the list of plants prohibited in the country.
Summer residents will be fined up to 500 rubles for a plot that is overgrown with field mint or other weeds.
He explained that, for example, blue lotus or opium poppy may result in criminal liability.
Gritsyuk recalled the list of plants containing narcotic or psychotropic substances.
It includes plants such as blue lotus, mushrooms containing psilocybin or psilocin, and morning glory.
The list also includes mescaline cactus, coca bush, cannabis, opium poppy, mimosa hostilis, Hawaiian rose, sage of the prophets, etc.
Among the weeds prohibited for cultivation in the country are field mint, Sosnowsky's hogweed, common yarrow, field horsetail, and southern reed.
