Publicly Prohibited Activities

Civil Code and Public Prohibitions
Certain activities are publicly prohibited in Russia, which are most commonly neglected by foreign visitors who pay the fine for the actions they commit unintentionally. Code of Administrative Offences contains the information about tasks and principles of administrative law, especially about the administrative process law, types of offences and punishments, rules for using punishments, etc. The prohibited actions are not only constituted by written law, but also the customary law which is regularly followed by the Russian citizens.

General Public Prohibitions
The following activities are the publicly prohibited activities in the Russian Federation:
 * To be in a state of intoxication, and also to drink alcoholic beverages
 * To use drugs or psychotropic substances
 * To look inappropriately (dirty and sloppy clothes, catchy makeup)
 * To wear clothes with stripes and stickers containing anti-Semitic character, propaganda slogans
 * To execute abusive harassment
 * To violate sanitary norms
 * To destroy or damage other people's property
 * To violate the order of operation and safety of life support facilities, as well as the functioning of communication facilities
 * To damage green plantations, social infrastructure facilities, vehicles


 * Smoking:
 * on the territory and in the premises of educational institutions, youth organizations, institutions providing services in the sphere of culture and sports;
 * in premises of apartment houses, hotels and buildings for accommodation of temporarily living citizens;
 * at a distance of less than 15 meters from the entrances at the metro station, bus stations, railway stations, airports, sea and river ports, as well as inside their premises;
 * on the beach;
 * in public transport;
 * on the territory of medical, sanatorium-resort and rehabilitation organizations and inside their premises;
 * on playgrounds; etc.

Source
Code of Administrative Offenses