Transport (aviation) security

(Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation of September 22, 2023 No. 1550)

All individuals traveling or located on transport infrastructure facilities or in a vehicle are required to:

1. a) comply with the requirements of the transport security forces aimed at ensuring transport security, and not take any actions that interfere with the performance of their official duties;

   
   

2. b) inform the transport security forces about events or actions that pose a threat to the transport security of a transport infrastructure facility or vehicle;

   
   

3. c) pass (drive) through the transport security zone in accordance with the rules for conducting inspection, additional inspection and repeated inspection for the purpose of ensuring transport security, including a list of necessary documents established by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation in agreement with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.

Individuals traveling or located at a transport infrastructure facility or vehicle are prohibited from:

1. a) carrying (transporting) into the transport security zone weapons, explosives or other devices, objects and substances for which, in accordance with the rules for conducting inspection, additional inspection and repeated inspection for the purpose of ensuring transport security, established in accordance with Part 13 of Article 12.2 of the Federal Law "On Transport Security", a ban or restriction on movement into the transport security zone is provided or part thereof;

   
   

2. b) interfere with the operation of technical means of ensuring transport security located in the transport security zone;

   
   

3. c) accept material objects for their transportation on a vehicle without undergoing the inspection procedure for the purpose of ensuring transport security;

   
   

4. d) commit actions that create obstacles (including using transport and other technical means) to the operation of a vehicle or restrict the operation of transport infrastructure facilities, including the dissemination of knowingly false messages about events or actions that pose a threat to the transport security of a transport infrastructure facility or vehicle, as well as actions aimed at damaging (theft) elements of a transport infrastructure facility or vehicle that may render them unusable or in a condition that threatens the life or health of the personnel of a transport infrastructure entity or transport security unit, passengers and other persons;

   
   

5. d) transfer documents granting the right of passage (drive) to the transport security zone to third parties;

   
   

6. e) carry out passage (drive) to the transport security zone outside (bypassing) the passages (drives) established by the subject of the transport infrastructure or the carrier;

   
   

7. g) take actions that simulate preparation for committing or committing acts of illegal interference with a transport infrastructure facility or vehicle;

   
   

8. h) use pyrotechnic products.

1. List of weapons: 1.1. Combat weapons and their main parts, as well as ammunition for such weapons; 1.2. Civilian and service weapons; 1.3. Weapons produced only for export, meeting the requirements of importing countries; 1.4. Service weapons and their main parts; 1.5. Bladed weapons.

   
   

2. List of explosives: 2.1. Pyrotechnic means; 2.2. Explosives; 2.3. Components of explosive devices; 2.4. Equipment and other components of explosive devices.

   
   

3. List of other devices, items and substances for which a ban on movement to the transport security zone or part thereof has been established: 3.1. Items and substances containing dangerous radioactive agents; 3.2. Items and substances containing dangerous chemical agents; 3.3. Items and substances containing dangerous biological agents; 3.4. Items containing explosives; 3.5. Products structurally similar to firearms, pneumatic weapons and bladed weapons, as well as capable of being used in the commission of an explosive act as the following types of weapons: 1) Firearms; 2) Pneumatic weapons with a muzzle energy of more than 3 J. 3) Bladed weapons, including: knuckle dusters of all types; throwing weapons; bladed, pole, cutting, chopping-cutting, stabbing and stabbing-cutting weapons with a blade or pointed hard part longer than 6 cm; striking, chopping or striking-crushing weapons weighing more than 200 grams. 3.6. Objects and substances that have external signs of similarity with weapons, explosives or other devices, objects and substances, in respect of which a ban or restriction has been established on movement into the transport security zone or part thereof and (or) which may be used to commit acts of illegal interference.

   
   

The full list can be found in the order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation dated July 23, 2015 No. 227.

The grounds for crossing the borders of the transport sector of vehicles by objects of inspection - individuals - are the presence of identity documents and transport (travel) documents, boarding passes, issued in the established manner (including in electronic form), valid at the time of inspection, additional inspection and repeat inspection; the absence of prohibited or restricted items and substances in such persons.

Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses dated 30.12.2001 No. 195-FZ

Article 11.15.1. Violation of transport security requirements

1. Failure to comply with transport security requirements or failure to comply with transport security requirements, committed through negligence, if these actions (inaction) do not contain a criminal offense, shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of three thousand to five thousand rubles.

   
   

2. Repeated commission of an administrative offense, provided for in Part 1 of this article shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of five thousand to ten thousand rubles.

   
   

3. The action (inaction) provided for in Part 1 of this article, committed intentionally, shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of twenty thousand to thirty thousand rubles with or without confiscation of the instrument of commission or objects of the administrative offense, or administrative arrest for a period of up to ten days.

   
   

Criminal Code of the Russian Federation of 13.06.1996 N 63-FZ

Article 263.1. Violation of transport safety requirements

1. Failure to comply with transport safety requirements at transport infrastructure facilities and vehicles, if this act has resulted in the inadvertent infliction of serious harm to a person's health or the infliction of major damage, shall be punishable by a fine of up to eighty thousand rubles or in the amount of the convicted person's salary or other income for a period of up to six months, or by restriction of freedom for up to one year.

   
   

2. The acts provided for in the first part of this article, committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy or resulting in the death of a person through negligence, shall be punishable by forced labor for a term of up to five years with or without deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years, or by imprisonment for a term of up to seven years with or without deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years.

   
   

3. The acts provided for in the first part of this article, committed by an organized group or resulting through negligence in the death of two or more persons, shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of five to eight years with a fine of up to one million rubles or in the amount of the convicted person's wages or other income for a period of up to three years, or without it, with or without deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period of up to three years.

   
   

Note. In this article, major damage is recognized as damage the amount of which exceeds one million rubles.