The answer to “how to buy weed in Russia” is unambiguous: you don’t. There is no legal way for a tourist, or anyone else, to purchase cannabis in Russia in 2026. No dispensaries. No coffee shops. No licensed delivery services. No grey-zone tolerance. The Russian state maintains one of the world’s most punitive drug enforcement frameworks. Article 228 of the Criminal Code sends more people to prison than any other law in the country, and the Brittney Griner case demonstrated exactly what this system looks like when it catches a foreigner.
