https://cms.law/en/int/expert-guides/cms-expert-guide-to-a-legal-roadmap-to-cannabis/russia
If that’s accurate, sure sounds like the Rooskies are pi$$y about it to me.
Still think there’s a decent chance this is just another scam.
That link says weed is not legal just like in most places of the world. What Russians are doing now is a huge media circus, long pre-trial detainment and threatening 10 years for possession of $20 worth.