The lawyer recalled the list of prohibited flowers in Russia.

Some plants are prohibited from growing at home or on private plots, and violations may even result in criminal liability. This was announced on May 4 by Yana Kovalevskaya, lawyer of the Moscow Region Bar Association, mediator of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Master of International Law.

According to her, such plants contain narcotic or psychotropic substances that pose a threat to health and public safety. The plant ipomoea, Hawaiian rose, sage of fortune tellers, green psychotria, sleeping poppy, cocaine bush and cannabis are banned. Article 10.5.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation applies to the illegal cultivation of plants containing narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their precursors.

"If we are talking about a particularly large amount of cultivation by a group of people by prior agreement or an organized group, the punishment becomes much stricter — imprisonment for up to eight years, with or without possible additional restriction of liberty for up to two years," the lawyer said. "Газете.Ru ".

In March, Sergey Kerselyan, chairman of the Moscow State Duma Committee on Agrarian Policy and Consumer Market, noted that owners of land plots in the Moscow region should remove Sosnovsky hogweed on their territory, as individuals face a fine of 5,000 rubles for its growth.