Незаконные приобретение, хранение, перевозка, изготовление, переработка наркотических средств, психотропных веществ или их аналогов, а также незаконные приобретение, хранение, перевозка растений, содержащих наркотические средства или психотропные вещества, либо их частей, содержащих наркотические средства или психотропные вещества
Primary and additional offence
year
If a person is tried only for one crime, the offence in such a criminal case is called “simple”, if a person is tried for several crimes at once, it is called “qualified”. The gravest of the offences charged is the primary offence, the rest are additional offences (sometimes an additional offence is also called an additional qualification).
78755
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
76077
persons convicted for primary offence
7852
persons convicted for additional offence
34
persons acquitted for primary offence
2644
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
104570
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2019, 76077 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 25488 (33.5%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 30566 (40.2%) got prison sentences. 34 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 2644 persons were terminated (3.4% court cases), 2242 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
7852 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for 196 persons on this case by this article on additional offense. 386 people were acquitted of additional offense.
Outcomes of the cases pertaining to Article 228 that made it to the court (primary offence)
primary offence
additional offence (by the number of persons)
add. qualification (by the number of crimes)
