Today citizens Russian Federation they can freely “distill” moonshine for personal purposes and even treat it to friends and acquaintances – no liability is provided for this. At the same time, owners of moonshine stills must comply with a number of rules and restrictions, for violation of which they may face punishment, including criminal penalties. For more information about when a moonshiner becomes a criminal, Public News Service told Candidate of Legal Sciences, lawyer Alexander Karabanov.
The lawyer noted that the process of “race” of alcohol-containing products in Russia can be done as much as you like, but only with certain equipment. So, if a moonshine still can produce 5.5 liters or more per day, it will have to be registered with Rosalkogolregulirovanie. If this is not done, the owner will be given a small fine – from 3 to 5 thousand – and the device itself will be confiscated, the expert pointed out.
The moonshiner will bear much more serious responsibility if he decides to sell the alcohol he has “caught up” without obtaining the appropriate license and permit, as well as without registering an individual entrepreneur. The minimum punishment in this case is administrative – a fine of up to 50 thousand rubles. If a moonshiner, selling his moonshine without a license, earns more than 1.5 million rubles, he will fall under Article 171.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, for violation of which he will either be fined up to 3 million or imprisoned for up to 3 years, Karabanov explained. The bootlegger will also face criminal liability for repeated administrative violations, he added.
Restrictions for moonshiners, therefore, mainly relate to issues of sales and production volumes. About whether it is possible to share moonshine for free, Karabanov says:
“There is no liability for treating third parties with your moonshine.”
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However, if these third parties poison themselves with moonshine and later complain about the bootlegger to the authorities, he faces punishment under Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, up to imprisonment for up to two years. The moonshiner will bear the same responsibility if he wants to sell—or already does—alcohol that “does not meet the requirements for the safety of life or health of consumers,” the lawyer explained.
Earlier in a conversation with OSN, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation Ivan Solovyov said that Russians have the right to buy alcohol at night.
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