Ivanovo man gets 3.5 years in strict-regime colony for home cannabis grow
A court in Ivanovo Oblast sentenced a previously convicted local man to three years and six months in a strict-regime colony for growing cannabis at home and making marijuana for his own use. He was convicted under Part 2 of Article 228, covering large-scale acquisition and possession of drugs, and taken into custody in the courtroom; the verdict has not yet entered into force.
🇷🇺 Ivanovsky District, Ivanovo Oblast · Russia
- Arrested
- 1
- Charged
- 1
- Prison
- 3 years 6 months
The Ivanovsky District Court in Ivanovo Oblast sentenced a local man to three
years and six months in a strict-regime colony.[1] He was convicted of
illegally acquiring and storing drugs in a large amount.[1] The man, a
resident of Ivanovsky District, had bought cannabis seeds and fitted out a room
in his own house to grow the plants.[2] He grew them, made marijuana and kept
the drug and parts of the plants for personal use, without intent to sell.[2]
He was taken into custody in the courtroom.[2]
He had previously been convicted of attempted drug dealing.[1] Despite his
guilty plea, remorse and cooperation with the investigation, the court treated
his dangerous recidivism, a repeat-offender category, as an aggravating
circumstance.[2] The verdict has not yet entered into force.[1]
He was convicted under Part 2 of Article 228 of the Russian Criminal Code.[1]
The joint press service of Ivanovo Oblast’s courts of general jurisdiction
reported the sentence.[1]
Sources
- Житель Ивановской области получил 3,5 года строгого режима за домашнюю плантацию конопли. Ивановские новости, 30 October 2026. In Russian.
- Житель Ивановского района получил 3,5 года колонии за выращивание конопли. Ivanovonews, 30 October 2026. In Russian.
Open questions the AI reported
- Neither report gives the weight of the marijuana, the number of plants or the size of the growing room.
- The reports do not give the date of the sentencing hearing; 30 October 2026 is the publication date of both articles.
- The man's name and age were not published.
- One report describes the earlier conviction as attempted sale of prohibited substances, the other as attempted sale in a large amount; the report says only that it was attempted drug dealing.
- Both reports describe him growing the plants at home, but neither says whether he was charged with cultivation; only the Part 2 Article 228 conviction is named.
- Neither page published a photograph of the defendant, the plants or the grow room; one used a stock courtroom image and the other an AI-generated illustration.
