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Special information on aviation and transport safety

List of the main dangerous substances and items prohibited (allowed subject to compliance with the required conditions) for transportation on board the aircraft by crew members and passengers in checked-in baggage and carry-on luggage

1. It is prohibited for crew members and passengers to carry the following dangerous substances and items on board the aircraft in checked-in baggage and carry-on luggage:

  1. explosive agents, blasting supplies and subjects rigged with them: any gunpowder in any package and in any amount; ball cartridges (including small caliber ones); cartridges for gas weapons; hunting vials (blasting caps); pyrotechnical devices: signal and light flares; signal cartridges, air-landed explosive cartridges, day tracer cartridges, charges of explosives, slow matches, Bengal lights, railway detonators; trotyl, dynamite, trinol, ammonal and other explosives; blasting caps, electrical detonators, electrical ignition units, detonating cable and fire conductive cable, etc.
  2. compressed and liquefied gases: gases for household use (butane-propane) and other gases; gas cartridges filled with nerve-paralytic and tear effects, etc.;
  3. flammable liquids: acetone; gasoline; samples of flammable petroleum products; methanol, methyl acetate (methyl ether); carbon disulfide, ethers; ethylcellosol;
  4. flammable solids: substances subject to spontaneous combustion; substances that emit easily flammable gases when interacting with water: potassium, sodium, calcium metal and their alloys, phosphorous calcium, etc.; white, yellow and red phosphorus and all other substances classified as flammable solids);
  5. oxidizing substances and organic peroxides: colloidal nitrocellulose in form of granules or flakes, dry or wet, containing less than 25% water or solvent; colloidal nitrocellulose, in solid pieces, wet, containing less than 25% alcohol; dry or wet nitrocellulose, containing less than 30% solvent or 20% water, etc.;
  6. toxic substances;
  7. radioactive materials;
  8. caustic and corrosive substances: strong inorganic acids: hydrochloric, sulfuric, nitric and others; hydrofluoric (fluorhydric) acid and other strong acids and corrosives;
  9. toxic and poisonous substances: any toxic, potent and poisonous substances in liquid or solid state in any packaging; brucine; nicotine; strychnine; tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol; antifreeze; braking fluid; ethylene glycol; mercury, with the exception of mercury contained in a medical thermometer, a mercury tonometer in a standard case, a mercury barometer or a mercury manometer packed in a sealed container and sealed with the consignor’s seal; all salts of hydrogen cyanide and cyanide chemicals; cyclone, black cyanide, arsenous anhydride, etc.; other dangerous substances, items and cargo that can be used as weapons to attack passengers, aircraft crew, or pose a threat to flight safety;
  10. weapons: pistols, revolvers, rifles, carbines, and other fire, gas, pneumatic weapons, electric shock devices, dirks, stiletto knives or bayonets, except in cases and in the manner established by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

A detailed list of hazardous substances and items prohibited for carriage on board the aircraft by crew members and passengers is contained in the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (Doc 9284 AN/905 ICAO).

2. The following items and substances are permitted to be carried on board the aircraft by crew members and passengers under the required conditions:

  1. in checked-in baggage in cargo and luggage compartments of an aircraft with isolated passenger access to luggage during the flight: crossbows, spearguns, backswords, sabers, cutlasses, yataghans, broadswords, swords, rapiers, bayonets, daggers, knives: hunting knives, knives with ejectable blades, with locks, simulators of any type of weapon; household knives (scissors) with a blade length of over 60 mm; alcoholic drinks containing more than 24%, but not more than 70% alcohol in volume in containers of not more than 5 liters in volume, in containers intended for retail trade — not more than 5 liters per passenger; liquids and alcoholic beverages with an alcohol content of not more than 24% in volume; aerosols intended for use for sports or household purposes, the release valves of the cans of which are protected by caps from spontaneous release of the contents, in containers of not more than 0.5 kg or 500 ml in volume — not more than 2 kg or 2 liters per passenger; medical thermometer containing mercury, in a standard case — one per passenger;

    Items that can be used as an attack weapon (axe, saw, ice ax, crossbow, air gun, speargun, etc.) are transported in the cargo compartment only.

  2. in carry-on luggage of passengers: a medical thermometer that does not contain mercury; mercury tonometer in a standard case — one per passenger; a mercury barometer or manometer packed in a sealed container and sealed with the sender’s seal; disposable lighters — one per passenger; dry ice for cooling perishable foods — not more than 2 kg per passenger; 3% hydrogen peroxide — not more than 100 ml per passenger; liquids, gels and aerosols classified as non-hazardous: in containers of not more than 100 ml in volume (or equivalent container in other units of volume measurement) packed in a securely closed transparent plastic bag of not more than 1 liter in volume — one bag per passenger.

    Liquids in containers of more than 100 ml in volumeare not accepted for transportation even if the container is only partially filled, with the exception of: medicines, special dietary products, baby food, including breast milk, in the amount necessary for the duration of the flight; medications containing narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, in the presence of documents provided for by international treaties of the Russian Federation, including the enactments constituting the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, and (or) the legislation of the Russian Federation, confirming the prescription of these medications to the passenger with an indication of their names and quantities, in the quantity required for the duration of the flight; biological materials if the passenger has documents provided for by international treaties of the Russian Federation, including the enactments constituting the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, and (or) the legislation of the Russian Federation establishing the Procedure for the Transportation of Biological Materials.

    Liquids purchased from duty-free shops at the airport or on board the aircraft shall be packaged in a tightly closed (sealed) plastic bag ensuring identification of access to the bag contents during the flight, which has an authentic confirmation that the purchase has been made at airport duty-free shops or on board the aircraft on the day (s) of travel.

    The administration of the airport, airline or operator has the right to decide to introduce additional measures to ensure aviation safety on flights with increased risk, and as a result prohibit the transportation of the following items in the aircraft cabin: corkscrews; hypodermic needles (unless medical justification is provided); knitting needles; scissors with a blade length of less than 60 mm; folding (without lock) travel and pocket knives with a blade length of less than 60 mm; mercury tonometers; mercury barometers or manometers.

    During the pre-flight check of a passenger, dangerous objects and substances found that can be used as an attack weapon, but are not prohibited for transportation on board the aircraft, are packed by the passenger and transported as checked-in baggage.

    In the passenger cabin of an aircraft it is allowed to transport
    things and objects that require special precautions when handling them: film, photographic, television, radio equipment, electronic devices, musical instruments, glassware, porcelain, ceramics, human organs and tissues, blood and its components, samples of human biological materials intended for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes, including for blood transfusion or transplantation (hereinafter referred to as biological materials).

    Check of biological materials is carried out without opening the packaging, visually with check of documents provided for by international treaties of the Russian Federation, including the enactments constituting the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, and (or) legislation of the Russian Federation establishing the procedure for transporting biological materials, and in the presence of suspicions indicating for the presence of items in them that are prohibited for transportation — without opening the packaging by manual (contact) method.

    Animals, birds, reptiles and other representatives of fauna that have the appropriate veterinary certificates and are approved for transportation on board the aircraft, as well as the cages in which they are transported, are checked visually, and if there is any suspicion, the check is carried out by manual (contact) method.

    Passengers with implanted devices that stimulate cardiac activity shall be subjected to manual (contact) check method without the use of technical and special means.

    Dangerous objects and substances found during the check of passengers and crew members of the aircraft that are on free sale, but prohibited for transportation on board the aircraft, are confiscated with the execution of a report of their detection and seizure from the passenger and crew member of the aircraft during the check of dangerous goods, objects or substances prohibited for transportation and are transferred for storage to a specially equipped airport warehouse in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

    When a pre-flight check of a passenger and his carry-on luggage is carried out, a mark indicating the completion of the pre-flight check is placed on the ticket and (or) boarding pass (except for cases where the ticket and (or) boarding pass is issued electronically), and the passenger is sent to a sterile area. If the boarding pass is issued in electronic form, information about the pre-flight check is entered into the information system, which includes an electronic check database.

    Pre-flight check of passengers and baggage, including carry-on luggage, is carried out using technical and special means and (or) manual (contact) method, in the following order:
    1. the ticket and/or boarding pass issued in the prescribed manner are checked, the bar code contained in the boarding pass is scanned (if available), the document is verified with the passenger’s identity and the ticket and boarding pass data, including those contained in the bar code, upon entering the check point;
    2. the passenger is invited to declare whether he carries items and substances prohibited for transportation on board the aircraft, as well as items accepted from unauthorized persons (parcels, packages, etc.) for transportation;
    3. the passenger is invited to put out any items containing metal that the passenger has in his clothing (cigarette cases, keys, packs of cigarettes, etc.), take off outer clothing (coat, jacket, raincoat, blazer, sweater, jumper, pullover, overcoat, etc., headdress), belt of more than 4.0 cm wide or more than 0.5 cm thick, shoes with the exception of shoes with a heel height of less than 2.5 cm and with a sole of less than 1.0 cm thick, and place everything in trays, baskets, place on the X-ray television introscope on the conveyor;
    4. the passenger is invited to go through the frame of a stationary metal detector;
    5. the contents of luggage are checked, including things carry-on items, outerwear (coat, jacket, raincoat, jacket, headdress), belt, shoes;
    6. when the stationary metal detector alarm is triggered: the location of metal objects in the passenger’s clothing is determined using a hand-held metal detector;
    7. Baggage and carry-on luggage identified as potentially dangerous are subject to manual (contact) check.
    8. the passenger is invited to go through the stationary metal detector again after removing and checking metal objects;
    9. the passenger is inspected using a hand-held metal detector and a manual (contact) check method when the alarm is triggered again. The manual (contact) method is used to check: passengers wearing loose clothing that hides the outline of their body; things the internal content of which cannot be determined using technical and special means; luggage and belongings of a passenger identified as potentially dangerous; all passengers during a heightened threat of committing an act of unlawful interference with an aircraft on a particular flight.

Passengers are prohibited from: transporting explosive, poisonous, flammable, radioactive and other dangerous substances and objects on board the aircraft, accepting suitcases, parcels and other items for transportation on board the aircraft from unauthorized persons, as well as leaving their luggage to strangers, using electronic games, portable video cameras, videotaperecorders, portable telephones and other electronic equipment on board the aircraft during flight.

Pre-flight check of transit and transfer passengers, including carry-on luggage, at intermediate airports shall be carried out on a common basis before entering the sterile zone and joining with the passengers who have passed pre-flight check, for whom this is a starting point of transportation. Transit and transfer passengers are not allowed to get to their checked-in baggage. The baggage of transfer passengers arriving from the airports of countries with which the Russian Federation has no agreements regarding accepted aviation safety standards shall be subjected to mandatory pre-flight check at the intermediate airport before it is put together with checked baggage of the passengers for whom this is a starting point of transportation. The baggage of transfer passengers arriving from the airports of countries with which the Russian Federation has entered into agreements regarding accepted aviation safety standards shall not be subject to mandatory pre-flight inspection at the intermediate airport if such baggage is supervised by the staff of the services of aviation safety during ground handling at the intermediate airport and there is no access to it. The baggage of transfer passengers for domestic air transportation as well as the baggage of transfer passengers departing from the Russian Federation from the intermediate airport (except for baggage arriving from the airports of countries with which the Russian Federation has not entered into agreements regarding accepted aviation safety standards) shall not be subject to mandatory pre-flight check at the intermediate airport, if such baggage is supervised by the service of aviation safety staff during ground handling at the intermediate airport and there is no access to it. Baggage of transfer and transit passengers shall be rechecked and transported on the flight which is the same as the passengers’ flight, if the passengers change destination upon their request.

Simplification of the procedures for pre-flight check of passengers, including transit and transfer passengers, is not allowed.

Officers of the service of aviation safety conducting check have the right to: demand from passengers strict compliance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of aviation safety in air transport; verify passengers' tickets issued in accordance with the established procedure and documents proving their identity at the entrance to check points; conduct a survey in order to identify potentially dangerous passengers, as well as items and substances in passengers’ possession that are prohibited for transportation by air; conduct checks of passengers, baggage and carry-on luggage, aircraft crew members, civil aviation personnel, aircraft on-board supplies, cargo and mail; keep watch of the behavior of passengers at safety checkpoints; confiscate items and substances found during checks that are prohibited for transportation by air from passengers; check passengers' luggage placed into a storage room; make proposals aimed at increasing the efficiency of checks in terms of improving their technologies and the use of technical and special means; carry out quality inspection of checks by decision of the heads of the service of aviation safety.

Officers of the service of aviation safety conducting checks are obliged to: be attentive and polite to passengers and not to take actions that degrade their dignity; know and ensure compliance with these Rules during checks; have the necessary skills to identify passengers with dangerous objects and substances prohibited for transportation on board the aircraft, including using tricks; submit, in the prescribed manner, materials for taking enforcement action against violators of aviation safety requirements in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation; not to allow passengers who evade pre-flight check to board the flight; be vigilant and not to allow the passengers, aircraft crew members and aviation personnel, cargo, mail, aircraft supplies and baggage into the sterile area if they have not pass through the check point; know the basic characteristics and operating rules of technical and special equipment; comply with safety rules when working with technical and special equipment and fire safety rules.

Pre-flight check of cargo, mail and on-board aircraft supplies

Before being loaded on board the aircraft, cargo, mail and on-board supplies of the aircraft shall be subject to pre-flight check using various types and methods with the help of technical and special means, as well as control weighing. Pre-flight check and transportation of dangerous goods are carried out in accordance with the requirements of Annex 18 to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation «The Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air» and the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (ICAO Doc 9284 AN/905). Pre-flight check of cargo is carried out by a check team in areas of the cargo terminal in the presence of a cargo warehouse employee.

 If it is not possible to inspect the contents of the cargo using technical and special means, using the manual (contact) method or visually, as well as when information is received about the threat of an act of unlawful interference on a departing aircraft, it is allowed by decision of the head of the service of aviation safety to: hold the cargo until loading on board the aircraft in safe conditions for a period of at least two hours beyond the estimated flight time of this aircraft to its destination; check the cargo in a decompression chamber during the estimated flight time of this aircraft to its destination. The cargo that has aroused suspicion is subjected to a second pre-flight check in order to detect items and substances prohibited for transportation on board the aircraft. The outer packaging of the cargo is subject to check. If the outer packaging is damaged (integrity damage), the cargo will not be allowed to depart. At the end of pre-flight check, the cargo is marked with numbered stickers. A record of the check results is made in the logbook of inspected cargo, mail and on-board supplies of the aircraft.

Pre-flight check of postal items (correspondence) is carried out at the check point in the mail transportation department of the airport upon receipt (dispatch), at the check points of the cargo terminal or at the check points of the airport complex without opening them. Objects and substances found in a cargo consignment that are on free sale, but prohibited for transportation on board the aircraft, are confiscated with the execution of a report of their detection and seizure from the cargo consignment of the aircraft during the check of dangerous goods, objects or substances prohibited for transportation, in two copies (or in the required quantity). Seized items and substances with a copy of the report are transferred to the consignor. Cargo (mail) is delayed and is not allowed to be transported (issued) on board the aircraft if the items and substances are found in it, the illegal production, carrying and storage of which stipulates criminal liability.

Pre-flight check of the aircraft on-board supplies, emergency and rescue means and on-board food supplies for passengers and crew, and catering equipment shall be conducted at the equipped check points by the check team staff using technical and special means. Pre-flight check of the aircraft on-board food is carried out in the presence of the forwarder. If necessary and in order to exercise control, the head of the service of aviation safety has the right to conduct a random check of the aircraft on-board supplies immediately before loading it on board the aircraft with a check report. The check report is drawn up in two copies. One copy is transferred to the catering service works, the second copy is transferred to the service of aviation safety. Upon completion of the pre-flight check of the aircraft on-board food, each container is marked with numbered stickers, and a check note is made in the waybill and its copies. Control of the loading of cargo, mail, on-board supplies, emergency and rescue means and on-board food on board the aircraft is carried out by the staff of the service of aviation safety. Cargo, mail, aircraft on-board supplies, emergency and rescue means and aircraft on-board food must not contain items and substances prohibited for transportation on board the aircraft.

Conducting post-flight check

Post-flight check can be carried out in full or selectively.  Upon receipt of information about the presence of persons on board the aircraft in flight that intend to jack (hijack) the aircraft, persons that have explosive devices or explosive substances, or other cargo and objects that pose a danger to the flight and passengers, the belongings, including carry-on luggage, on-board aircraft supplies, cargo and mail are subject to post-flight check after arrival at the airport (of departure, destination or intermediate airport). Post-flight check is carried out at the airport of arrival or on board the aircraft by authorized staff of the services of aviation safety using technical and special means.

The Rules for Conducting a Check, Additional Check and Repeated Check in order to Ensure Transport Safety (hereinafter referred to as the Rules) were developed on the basis of Part 13 of Article 12.2 of Federal Law No. 16-FZ dated February 9, 2007 «On Transport Safety» (hereinafter referred to as the Law on Transport Safety) taking into account the requirements for ensuring transport safety by type of transport, including the requirements for anti-terrorist protection of facilities (territories), taking into account safety levels for various categories of transport infrastructure facilities (hereinafter referred to as the Requirements), requirements for ensuring transport safety of transport infrastructure facilities by type of transport at the phase of their design and construction (hereinafter referred to as the Requirements at the Design and Construction Phase), requirements for compliance with transport safety for individuals traveling by or staying at transport infrastructure facilities or vehicles, by type of transport, as well as in the security areas established around individual ships and (or) other floating facilities with a nuclear reactor or ships and (or) other floating facilities transporting nuclear materials, transport infrastructure facilities, in accordance with Part 8.1 of Article 12.3 of the Law on Transport Safety (hereinafter referred to as the Requirements for Compliance with Transport Safety), established in accordance with Article 8 of the Law on Transport Safety.

Check, additional check, repeated check for the purpose of ensuring transport safety is carried out in cases provided for by the Requirements at checkpoints (hereinafter referred to as checkpoints), posts located on the borders of the transport security area or parts thereof, as well as in the transport security area of TIF (transport infrastructure facility) and (or) vehicle.

During the check, repeated check in order to ensure transport safety (hereinafter referred to as the check and repeated check, respectively), measures are taken to examine individuals, vehicles, cargo, luggage, postal items, carry-on things and personal belongings held by individuals, other material items (hereinafter referred to as the check objects) which are aimed at detecting objects and substances that have external signs of similarity to weapons, explosives or other devices, objects and

substances, in respect of which a ban or restriction on movement into the transport security area or part thereof has been established and (or) which can be used to commit acts of unlawful interference (hereinafter referred to as AUI), as well as aimed at identifying persons and vehicles the admission of which to the transport security area or part thereof has no legal grounds. During the additional check in order to ensure transport safety (hereinafter referred to as the additional check), measures are taken to recognize items and substances detected during the check and (or) repeated check in order to ensure transport safety. The repeated check is carried out when a transport infrastructure subject or carrier receives information about the threat of committing an act of unlawful interference, as well as when a decision is made to conduct it based on the results of observation and (or) interview in order to ensure transport safety. Observation and (or) interview for the purpose of ensuring transport safety (hereinafter referred to as the observation and (or) interview) are aimed at identifying individuals whose actions indicate signs of preparation for committing AUI, as well as at detecting vehicles and other material items that may be used to commit an act of unlawful interference. Based on the results of the observation and (or) interview, a decision is made to conduct an additional check with execution of a report on the decision made. The recommended model of this report is given in Appendix No. 1 to these Rules. The recommended model log for registration of decisions to conduct an additional check made based on the results of the observation and (or) interview is given in Appendix No. 2 to these Rules. When carrying out a check in order to identify items and substances prohibited for transportation by certain types of transport (hereinafter referred to as the items and substances that are prohibited or restricted for movement), the lists of items and substances prohibited for transportation by the relevant types of transport are used.

Lists of weapons, explosives or other devices, items and substances in respect of which a ban or restriction on movement into the transport security area or part thereof has been established

1. List of weapons: 1.1. Military-grade weapons and their main parts, as well as ammunition for such weapons. 1.2. Civilian and service weapons. 1.2.1. Civilian weapons and their main parts; 1.2.2. Self-defense weapons; 1.2.3. long-barreled, smooth-bore firearms: limited-damage firearms (pistols, revolvers, barrelless devices); gas pistols and revolvers; mechanical sprayers, aerosol and other devices containing lachrymatory or irritant substances; electroshock devices and sparkers. 1.2.4. Sports weapons: firearms with a rifled barrel; smoothbore firearms; pneumatic weapons with muzzle energy of over 3 J., cold bladed and throwable weapons. 1.2.5. Hunting weapons: long-barreled firearms with a rifled barrel; long-barreled smooth-bore firearms, including those with a rifled part length not exceeding 140 mm; long-barreled combined (rifled and smooth-bore) firearms, including those with interchangeable and inserted rifled barrels; pneumatic weapons with muzzle energy of not more than 25 J. 1.2.6. Signal weapons. 1.3. Weapons produced for export only, meeting the requirements of importing countries; 1.4. Service weapons and their main parts; 1.4.1. Firearms: smooth-bore and short-barreled rifled weapons with muzzle energy not exceeding 300 J; smooth-bore long-barreled weapons; limited-damage weapons. 1.4.2 Main parts of service firearms. 1.5. Bladed weapons.  

2. List of explosives 2.1. Pyrotechnic means: 1) thermite devices, fire cords and quickmatch cords; 2) lighting and photo lighting devices; 3) signaling devices; 4) firework devices; 5) smoke devices; 6) pyro-automation devices; 7) pyrotechnic imitation, training-imitation and other devices. 2.2. Explosives: 1) Blasting explosives; 2) Industrial explosives; 3) Initiating explosives; 4) Homemade explosives based on nitrogen compounds and other mixtures with or without means of initiation; 5) Perchlorates; 6) Pyroxylin, smoke and other gun powders. 2.3. Components of explosive devices: 1) Solid fuel charges; 2) Means of initiation: means of ignition of mechanical action; means of mechanical detonation; actuators based on means of initiation. 2.4. Equipment and other components of explosive devices: 1) filling cartridges; 2) cartridges (detonators).

3. List of other devices, items and substances in respect of which a ban or restriction on movement into the transport security area or part thereof is established 3.1. Items and substances containing dangerous radioactive agents: compounds and products with radioactive isotopes; sources of alpha and neutron radiation; beta radiation sources; sources of gamma and bremsstrahlung radiation; reference alpha radiation sources; reference beta radiation sources; gamma radiation sources (based on cesium and cobalt isotopes); reference X-ray radiation sources; closed radionuclide heat sources; closed radionuclide heat sources based on alpha radiation radionuclides; closed radionuclide heat sources based on beta-radiation radionuclides. 3.2. Items and substances containing hazardous chemicals: 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl-2-propanone; Adamsite; Nitric acid; Aconite; Aconitine; Ammonia; Acetic anhydride; Arsine; Aceclidine (3-quinuclidinyl acetate); BZ — Quinuclidyl-3-benzilate (the English term: BZ) — benzyl acid 3-quinuclidyl ester; Hydrogen bromide; Brucin; V-gas, VX (the English term: VX), EA 1701 — O-ethyl-S-2-diisopropylaminoethylmethylphosphonate; Tungsten hexafluoride; Hyoscyamine — base, camphorate (L-tropyltropate (camphorate), sulfate (L-tropyltropate (sulfate); Glyfluor (1,3-difluoropropanol-2 (1) 70 — 75%, 1-fluoro-3-chloropropanol-2 (2) 10-20%); Mustard gas (yperite); Liquid E-M (ethyl cellosolve 50%, methanol 50%); Liquid containing sodium chloride, uranyl nitrate, 4-chlorobenzaldehyde; Sarin and Soman; Snake venom; Diborane; Isosafrole Carbacholinum (N-(beta-carbamoyloxyethyl)-trimethylammonium chloride); Lysergide; Lewisite; Mercaptophos; Methyl alcohol; Arsenous anhydride and its derivatives, including their medical forms in different dosages; Arsenic anhydride and its derivatives, including their medical forms in different dosages; Novarsenol (5-(3-amino-4-hydroxyphenylarseno)-2-hydroxyanilinomethylsulfoxylate); Perfluoroisobutene; Piperonal; Promeran (3-chlormercury-2-methoxypropylurea) and its medical forms in different dosages; Purified bee venom; Ricin; Metallic mercury, as well as mercury salts; Safrole; Sulfur gas; Sulphuric acid; Hydrogen sulfide; Carbon sulphur, CN (the English term: CN) — chloroacetophenone; CS (the English term: CS) — o-chlorobenzylidenemalonic acid dinitrile; CR (the English term: CR) — dibenzoxazepine; Hydrocyanic acid (hydrogen cyanide), Cyclone-B and metal cyanides; Scopolamine hydrobromide; Strychnine nitrate and its medical forms in different dosages; Synthetic ethyl alcohol, technical and food grade, unsuitable for the production of alcoholic beverages; Total belladonna alkaloids; Salts of pyrophosphoric acid; Salts of cyanide and hydrothiocyanate acids; Thallium and its salts; Nickel tetracarbonyl; Tetraethyl lead and its mixtures with other substances (ethyl liquid and others), except leaded gasoline; Phosphorus trichloride; Boron trifluoride; Phosgene and diphosgene; Zinc phosphide; White phosphorus (yellow phosphorus); Ferrocyanides; Fluorine and fluorine-substituted strong organic acids; Hydrogen fluoride (fluoric acid); Formaldehyde; Chloroform (Trichloromethane); Chlorine and chlorine-substituted strong organic acids; Boron chloride; Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); Chloropicrin; Hydrogen cyanide; Cyanic and cyanuric acids, substituted fluorinated and chlorinated ones; Cyanalloy; Cinchonin; Oxalic acid; Chilibukha extract; Ergometrine and its salts; Ergotamine and its salts; Ethylmercurchloride; Ethylene oxide; Ethylene glycol. 3.3. Items and substances containing hazardous biological agents: 3.3.1. Bacteria (including rickettsioses and chlamydia): Bacillus anthracis, A22 (anthrax); Bartonella quintana, A79.0 (trench fever); Brucella species, A23 (brucellosis); Burkholderia mallei, A24.0 (glanders); Burkholderia pseudomallei, A24 (melioidosis); Franciscella tularensis, A21 (tularemia); Salmonella typhi, A01.0 (typhoid fever); Shigella species, A03 (shigellosis); Vibrio cholerae, A00 (cholera); Yersinia pestis, A20 (plague); Coxiella burnetii, A78 (Q fever); Orientia tsutsugamushi, A75.3 (tick-borne typhus); Rickettsia prowazekii, A75 (epidemic typhus); Rickettsia rickettsii, A77.0 (Rocky Mountain spotted fever); Chlamydia psittaci, A70 (psittacosis). 3.3.2. Fungi: Coccidiodes immitis, B38 (coccidioidomycosis). 3.3.3. Viruses that cause disease: Disease caused by Hantaan virus / Korean and other types of hemorrhagic fever, A98.5; Other viral pneumonia, J12.8; Crimean hemorrhagic fever (caused by Congo virus), A98.0; Rift Valley fever, A92.4; Ebola virus disease, A98.3; Disease caused by Marburg virus, A98.4; Lymphocytic choriomeningitis, A87.2; Junin, A96.0 (Argentine hemorrhagic fever); Machupo, A96.1 (Bolivian hemorrhagic fever); Lassa fever, A96.2; Tick-borne viral encephalitis / Russian spring-summer encephalitis, A84.0/A84; Dengue fever, A90/91; Yellow fever, A95; Omsk hemorrhagic fever, A98.1; Japanese encephalitis, A83.0; Western equine encephalomyelitis, A83.1; Eastern equine encephalomyelitis, A83.2; Disease caused by Chikungunya virus, A92.0; O’Nyong-Nyong fever, A92.1; Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis, A92.2; Variola major, B03 (smallpox); Infections caused by monkeypox virus, B04; White pox (a type of pox virus); Influenza and pneumonia, J10,11. 3.3.4. Protozoa: Naeglaeria fowleri, B60.2 (negleriasis); Toxoplasma gondii, B58 (toxoplasmosis); Schistosoma species, B65 (schistosomiasis).

3.4. Items containing explosives 3.4.1. Cartridges for civilian and service weapons: 1) Cartridges for civilian self-defense weapons: of traumatic action for smooth-bore long-barreled firearms; of traumatic action for limited-damage firearms (pistols, revolvers, barrelless devices); of gas action; 2) Light and sound cartridges; 3) Cartridges for civilian sporting and hunting weapons: firearms with a rifled barrel; smoothbore firearms; pneumatic weapons; 4) Signal cartridges for weapons: firearms; signal weapons; 5) Cartridges for firearm devices for industrial purposes, structurally similar to firearms; 6) Cartridges for service firearms: smooth-bore and rifled short-barreled; of limited damage; 7) Cartridges produced for export only in accordance with the technical requirements of importing countries; 8) Test cartridges: for weapons with a rifled barrel; for smoothbore weapons.

3.5. Products that are structurally similar to firearms, pneumatic weapons and bladed weapons, and also capable of being used in committing AUI as such types of weapons (with the exception of the products which are moved to the transport security area of TIF or vehicles in order to ensure their operations and to service the individuals located on them and which are certified in the prescribed manner as products for household and industrial purposes, as well as cutlery meeting the parameters and sizes established by National Standard R 51687-2000. «National Standard of the Russian Federation. Cutlery and Kitchen Utensils Made of Stainless Steel. General Technical Conditions» (adopted and put into effect by Decree No. 383-ст dated December 19, 2000 of the State Standard of Russia).

Grounds on which the check objects — individuals can cross the borders of the free access sector of the transport security area, as well as can stay on its territory: such check objects do not have items and substances prohibited or restricted for movement, which are included in the lists of weapons, explosives or other devices, items and substances in respect of which there is a ban or restriction on movement into the transport security area approved by this Order (hereinafter referred to as the Lists), which are moved without legal grounds, and such check objects comply with the Requirements for Compliance with Transport Safety.

Grounds on which the check objects — individuals can cross the borders of the technological sector of the transport security area or a critical element of TIF or vehicle, as well as can stay on the territory of the corresponding parts of the transport security area: such persons have permanent passes or one-time passes and identification documents executed in the prescribed manner, valid at the time of the check, additional check and repeated check; such persons do not have items and substances that are prohibited or restricted for movement and included in the Lists, except for cases where the possibility of movement of the relevant items and substances is provided for by this Order; such persons comply with the Requirements for Compliance with Transport Safety.

Grounds on which the check objects — individuals can cross the borders of the transportation sector of the transport security area of TIF or vehicle, as well as can stay on the territory of this part of the transport security area: such persons have permanent passes or one-time passes and identification documents or identification documents and transportation (travel) documents, boarding passes (if necessary), issued in the prescribed manner (including in electronic form), valid at the time of the check, additional check and repeated check; such persons do not have items and substances that are prohibited or restricted for movement and included in the Lists, except for cases where the possibility of movement of the relevant items and substances is provided for by this Order; such persons comply with the Requirements for Compliance with Transport Safety.

Grounds on which the check objects — other material items can cross the borders of the transportation and technological sectors of the transport security area or a critical element of the TIF or vehicle, as well as ground on which such check objects can stay on their territory: a transportation document and (or) a pass for this material item executed in the prescribed manner and valid at the time of the check, additional check and repeated check is available; these material check objects have no items and substances prohibited or restricted for movement, included in the Lists, moved into the transport security area or part thereof without legal grounds or in violation of the rules (procedures, conditions) of transportation established by regulatory legal enactments applicable to air, sea, river, railway, road transport and road facilities, urban ground electric transport, metro, as well as transportation rules established by the transport infrastructure subject (TIS) (carriers).

Individuals who have implanted devices that stimulate cardiac activity, as well as persons with disabilities, provided that they have medical documents and (or) they inform the check staff about contraindications for examining such persons using check means, are inspected by manual (contact) method.

Check staff shall: know and comply with these Rules when conducting the check, additional check, repeated check; take part in the protection of TIF and vehicles from AUI in accordance with transport safety plans; identify attempts of committing and attempts of preparing to commit AUI in the performance of their official duties to ensure the transport safety of TIF and vehicles; carry out reconciliation and (or) verification of documents, evaluate data output by technical means of ensuring transport safety in order to identify preparation for committing AUI or committing AUI in relation to TIF and/or vehicles; not to allow weapons, explosives or other devices, items and substances for transportation that are included in the Lists, that are prohibited for transportation by this type of transport in violation of the rules established by federal laws and other regulatory legal enactments of the Russian Federation regulating the procedure and conditions for their transportation by types of transport; be attentive and polite to the check objects — individuals and not to allow actions that degrade their dignity; prevent damage to material check objects, documents and passes; provide, within the limits of their competence, in order to ensure the transport safety of TIF and vehicles, assistance to law enforcement agencies in solving the tasks assigned to them, ensure safety of items, substances and documents that are instruments for committing AUI, as well as the place where AUI was committed; use technical means of ensuring transport safety in accordance with the instructions for their operation; inform the authorized divisions of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia about persons caught committing AUI or preparing to commit AUI, as well as persons resisting check staff in the performance of their official duties to ensure transport safety; inform the authorized units of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the FSS of Russia about the detection and identification of weapons, ammunition, explosives or explosive devices, toxic or radioactive substances specified in the Lists and about the persons who moved them; participate in carrying out measures to ensure the safety of information constituting state secret, as well as information contained in plans for ensuring transport safety of TIF and vehicles.

Check staff, within the framework of their official powers, have the right to: demand compliance with transport safety requirements from individuals traveling by or staying at TIF and vehicles; verify identification documents with the identity of individuals, as well as check individuals’ transportation documents, passes, as well as other documents at checkpoints (posts), identify the grounds for the passage (travel) of individuals and (or) movement of material check objects to the transport security area or part thereof, or their location in the transport security area or part thereof; carry out check, additional check, repeated check of check objects at checkpoints (posts), as well as in the transport security area of TIF and vehicles or part thereof; suppress, in accordance with transport safety plans, committing of AUI and preparation for committing AUI, when performing their official duties to ensure the transport safety of TIF and vehicles; use physical force, special means and firearms in cases and in the manner prescribed by law.

When undergoing check, additional check and repeated check, interviews at checkpoints, posts, the check objects — individuals: present valid passes, transportation and identity documents at the request of an employee of the transport safety unit; as well as all material items transported or brought into the transport security area of the TIF and (or) vehicle, outerwear, shoes, headdresses, items under clothing; as well as motor vehicles, self-propelled vehicles, machines and mechanisms or parts thereof, for check, additional check and repeated check; are examined using check means, including upon additional requests from an employee of the transport safety unit, undergo examination using check means again; comply with the requirements of check staff to prevent the bringing of items and substances specified in the Lists into the transport security area of TIF and (or) vehicles or parts thereof; comply with the requirements of check staff to prevent the passage (travel) of individuals and vehicles into the transport security area of TIF and (or) vehicles or part thereof that do not have legal grounds for this; give answers to questions from employees carrying out observation and (or) interviews related to establishing the connection of these individuals with committing or preparing for committing AUI in relation to TIF and (or) vehicles.

In the event that passengers transfer weapons, ammunition and cartridges for them, or special equipment during the flight, their acceptance, issuance, check and registration are carried out in a specially designated room located in the TIF transport security area. In the event that passengers transfer items and substances prohibited for transportation by air transport vehicles for temporary storage, their acceptance, issuance, check, registration and storage are carried out in a specially designated room located in the TIF transport security area.

During the check of individuals, their baggage, carry-on luggage and items they move, at checkpoints, posts on the border of the transportation or technological sectors of the TIF transport security area, in accordance with the TIF Transport Safety Plan, the following activities are carried out: Checking passes, transportation documents, verification of the identity document with the passenger’s identity and transportation documents. Observation and (or) interview aimed at identifying signs of probable connection of individuals with committing or preparation for committing AUI, as well as identifying such behavioral characteristics of individuals — check objects as increased nervousness, anxiety, and fussiness. Based on the results of the observation and (or) interview, a decision is made to conduct an additional check. 

Requirements imposed on individuals (check objects): lay out the items they carry that contain metals, mobile phones, laptop and tablet computers, photo, video, film, radio equipment and place them in check trays (baskets); put off outerwear, hats, belts, belts, shoes (in relation to belts and belts of less than 4 cm wide, less than 0.5 cm thick, as well as shoes with a heel height of less than 2.5 cm and with a sole thickness of less than 1.0 cm, this requirement is advisory) and place them in check trays (baskets), the use of this subparagraph is mandatory at checkpoints and posts at the border of the transportation sector; place check trays (baskets) and other things carried by individuals who are subject to check on the conveyor of the X-ray television unit; pass through the frame of a stationary metal detector. 

Check of radio and television equipment, photographic, video and film equipment, audio and video equipment, cell phones, personal computers can additionally be carried out in other ways specified in paragraph 57 of these Rules, using devices that detect explosives, as well as by turning them on and checking their operability; Check of musical instruments is carried out separately from their cases (boxes), using the methods specified in paragraph 57 of these Rules, using devices that detect explosives, as well as using check rotating mirrors;

When a passenger undergoes check, the check officer makes a note in the transportation documents or boarding pass indicating that the passenger has passed the check. If the boarding pass is issued in electronic form, such information is entered into the electronic check database (if technically possible); In cases where the check objects — passengers who have passed the check are moved from the transportation sector of the transport security area to another part of the transport security area, except for cases determined by the transportation technology, the marks in the transportation document about the passed check are canceled. If the boarding pass is issued in electronic form, information about the passenger undergoing the check is canceled from the electronic check database;

Crew members of civil aircraft during the performance of their official duties are allowed to undergo check if they have certificates of crew members of civil aircraft and a flight task (or a general declaration for crew members of civil aircraft of foreign airlines). The legal basis for the passage of crew members into the TIF transport security area or part of it during the performance of their official duties, if they do not have passes, are the certificates of civil aircraft crew members that comply with the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization and the requirements for permanent passes, flight tasks or general declaration (for crew members of civil aircraft of foreign airlines). During the check of the check objects moving (moved) from the territory located outside the borders of the TIF transport security area or vehicles at checkpoints, posts located on the border of the free access sector of the TIF transport security area, it is recommended that the measures specified in subparagraphs 93.3-93.8 of these Rules are carried out.

Carriage of baggage of passengers who did not arrive at the place of boarding the aircraft or who evaded the flight for which they were registered is strictly prohibited. The baggage of passengers who did not arrive at the place of boarding the aircraft or who evaded the flight is subject to repeated check. In cases where a check of transit and transfer passengers, including their carry-on luggage and their things is carried out at the TIF, such check is carried out at checkpoints, posts before they enter the transportation sector of the transport security area of the TIF and/or vehicles and before they join with the checked objects for which this is a starting transportation point. Baggage of transfer and transit passengers shall be checked and transported on the flight which is the same as the passengers’ flight, if the passengers — their owners change destination upon their request. 

Animals, birds, reptiles and other representatives of fauna that have appropriate veterinary certificates and are approved for transportation by air transport vehicles, as well as the cages (containers) in which they are transported, are inspected using the methods specified in paragraph 57 of these Rules, as well as with the help of devices for detecting explosives.

Material items found during the check of passengers and crew members of civil aircraft that are in free circulation, but prohibited for transportation by the aircraft, in cases of refusal of passengers and crew members to voluntarily remove such material items from the territory of the TIF or vehicle, are confiscated by check staff with the execution of a report on detection of dangerous goods, items or substances prohibited for transportation and their seizure from an individual and a crew member of an aircraft during check, additional check, repeated check (Appendix No. 12 to these Rules), are registered in the log of reports of detection of dangerous goods, objects or substances prohibited for transportation and their seizure from passengers and members of the crew of an aircraft of (Appendix No. 13 to these Rules) and are transferred for storage to a room for temporary storage of items and substances prohibited for transportation by aircraft and seized from passengers during check, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. Simplification of the procedures of check, additional check and repeated check is not allowed.

This document defines the requirements for compliance with transport safety for individuals traveling by or staying at transport infrastructure facilities or various types of vehicles, as well as in security areas established around individual ships and (or) other floating facilities with a nuclear reactor or ships and (or) other floating facilities transporting nuclear materials, transport infrastructure facilities.

Individuals traveling by or staying at a transport infrastructure facility or vehicle are required to: a) enter (travel into) the transport security area in accordance with the rules for holding check, additional check and repeated check in order to ensure transport safety, which includes the 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; b) comply with the requirements of the transport security forces aimed at ensuring transport safety, and not to take actions that impede the performance of their official duties; c) inform transport security forces of the events or actions that pose a threat to the transport safety of a transport infrastructure facility or vehicle.

Individuals traveling by or staying at a transport infrastructure facility or vehicle are prohibited from: a) bringing (transporting) items and substances into the transport security area that are prohibited or restricted for movement at a transport infrastructure facility and (or) vehicle; b) interfering with the functioning of technical means of ensuring transport safety located in the transport security area;

c) accepting material items for their transportation by a vehicle without notifying transport security forces and without undergoing a check procedure in cases provided for by the requirements for ensuring transport safety established in accordance with Article 8 of the Federal Law «On Transport Safety»; d) committing actions that create obstacles (including with the use of transport and other technical means) to the functioning of a vehicle or limit the functioning of transport infrastructure facilities, including the dissemination of deliberately false reports about events or actions that pose a threat to the transport safety of a transport infrastructure facility or vehicle, as well as actions aimed at damaging (theft) of elements of a transport infrastructure facility or vehicle, which may render them unfit for use or may lead to a condition that threatens the life or health of the personnel of the transport infrastructure subject or transport safety unit, passengers and other persons; e) transferring documents to third parties granting the right to undergo a check procedure in a special order for entering (travelling into) the transport security area; f) entering (travelling into) the transport security area of the transport infrastructure facility or vehicle in circumvention of (bypassing) the passages (travelling points) established by the transport infrastructure subject or the carrier; g) taking actions simulating preparation for committing or committing of acts of illegal interference in the activities of a transport infrastructure facility or vehicle; h) using pyrotechnic products without the permission of the person responsible for ensuring transport safety at a transport infrastructure facility or vehicle;

Transportation of weapons and ammunition is carried out in accordance with the standards of the Aviation Safety Manual (Chapter 12 Doc 8973 «Aviation Safety Manual» (Convention on International Civil Aviation dated December 7, 1944, International Air Services of the USSR: Collection of documents. Moscow, 1970; the official website of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on the information and telecommunications network Internet: www.icao.int. It took effect for the USSR on November 14, 1970 in accordance with Resolution No. 836-284 of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of October 1, 1970 (hereinafter referred to as the Convention on International Civil Aviation)).

Weapons are to be transported as an individual piece of registered baggage in an isolated compartment of an aircraft, which is paid as per the tariff established by the shipper. If transported by the aircraft that does not have isolated baggage compartments, weapons must be placed in the flight deck in the original packaging or in a special container that must be secured or sealed. If there is no an isolated compartment on the aircraft, the carrier, at the stage of purchasing a ticket by a passenger carrying weapons, must inform the passenger of the restrictions on transporting weapons as baggage on board the aircraft.

Weapons must be accepted for transportation in an unloaded state in the presence of: a license or permit specified in paragraph 77 of the Rules for the Circulation of Civilian and Service Weapons and Ammunition on the Territory of the Russian Federation approved by Decree No. 814 dated July 21, 1998 of the Government of the Russian Federation (Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1998, No. 32, Art. 3878; 2018, No. 21, Art. 3023) (hereinafter referred to as the Rules for the Circulation of Civilian and Service Weapons) — for civilian and service weapons; a copy of the permit for the storage and use of weapons certified in the manner established by the legislation of the Russian Federation (if necessary, with the attachment of a list of weapons registration numbers), a copy of the Unified Calendar Plan of Interregional, All-Russian and International Physical Training Events and Sports Events, calendar plans of physical training events and sports events of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, municipalities, calendar plans of all-Russian and regional sports federations and the order of the head of a legal entity on the organization of transportation of weapons and ammunition — for sports weapons. Transportation of weapons and ammunition belonging to visa-free transfer passengers who do not cross the border of the checkpoint through the state border of the Russian Federation and do not move goods across it must be carried out without permission to import (export) weapons into the territory of the Russian Federation, from the territory of the Russian Federation.

Weapons that are purchased without a license and (or) the registration of which with the federal executive body authorized in the field of weapons circulation or its territorial body is not required, and the storage of which is carried out without permission to store weapons, to store and carry weapons, or to store and use weapons must be accepted by the carrier for transportation in an unloaded state on the basis of a certificate of conformity issued in accordance with paragraph 8 of the Regulations on the Maintenance and Publication of the State Cadastre of Civilian and Service Weapons and Ammunition for Them approved by Decree No. 814 dated July 21, 1998 of the Government of the Russian Federation (Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1998, No. 32, Art. 3878; 2018, No. 21, Art. 3023) (hereinafter referred to as the certificate of conformity), or a conclusion of the state expert examination confirming the authenticity of the weapons having cultural value, or the conformity of the copy of the ancient (antique) weapons or replica of the ancient (antique) weapons to a specific type of the weapons of cultural value, issued in accordance with Article 7 of Federal Law No. 150-ФЗ dated December 13, 1996 «On Weapons» (Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1996, No. 51 Art. 5681; 2019, No. 31, Art. 4439).

Cartridges for weapons must be placed separately from the weapons. The caliber of accepted cartridges shall correspond to the caliber specified in the license for weapons, or the permit for its storage, storage and carrying, storage and use of specific types and models of weapons. Weapons in an amount not exceeding 5 units, cartridges in an amount not exceeding 1000 pieces, weighing not more than 5 kg (category 1.4S classified as dangerous goods, Doc 9284 AN/905 «Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air» of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, packed in gun-cases, holsters or special cases, as well as in special packing of the weapons manufacturer (for foreign citizens, weapons imported into the Russian Federation for hunting and participation in sporting events shall be carried to the venue of the relevant event in locked cases) are accepted for transportation as registered baggage per one passenger. It is not allowed to combine the baggage allowance containing weapons and ammunition of several passengers into one or more baggage pieces. Cartridges weighing more than 5 kg are allowed for carriage as dangerous goods only that are registered in accordance with the requirements of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air, Annex 18 Doc 9284 AN/905 «Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air» of the Convention on International Civil Aviation.

Transportation of ammunition with explosive or incendiary bullets, cartridges for gas weapons, as well as devices filled with lachrymatory or irritant substances is prohibited on board the civil aviation aircraft.

Officers of the Service of Aviation Safety (SAS) must inspect received (issued) weapons with the participation of a passenger in a special isolated room at the airport equipped in accordance with the approved transport safety plan for the transport infrastructure facility (airport), or in a temporary storage warehouse at the destination airport.

Acceptance of weapons, cartridges for transportation must be performed after registration of a passenger and registration of weapons, cartridges belonging to him/her as individual pieces of baggage. The passenger is provided with a boarding pass with a mark indicating the number of pieces and the weight of the weapons, and luggage tag (s) for the weapons. A note must be entered into the registration system to the effect that this passenger has weapons. After the inspection and verification of the weapons and documents for the weapons stipulated by paragraph 3 of these Rules, and presence of a baggage tag on the weapons, the passenger shall place the weapons in a special packaging of the weapon manufacturer or in a holster, case, special case (for foreign citizens, the transportation of weapons imported into the territory of the Russian Federation for hunting and participation in sporting events to the venue of the relevant event shall be carried out in lockable cases 3). Weapons handed over by their owner for the duration of the flight are packed by a SAS officer in wrapping paper, paper or plastic bag. The packaging is marked with the numbers of the flight and the «Certificate of acceptance of weapons and ammunition for the period of flight of the aircraft» (the recommended model of the certificate is given in the appendix to these Rules) (hereinafter referred to as the Certificate), the surname, name, patronymic (if any) of the owner of the weapons, and a baggage tag is attached. Upon completion of marking, the SAS officer must draw up the Certificate in 4 copies, signed by the SAS officer and the passenger. The fourth copy of the Certificate must be issued to the passenger who must present it along with the baggage tag upon receipt of the weapons at the destination airport. When drawing up the Certificate, the SAS officer must give explanations to the passenger as to the procedure for receiving them at the destination airport. When the weapons belonging to transfer passengers are registered at an initial departure airport, the Certificate must be executed in 5 copies, of which the third and fifth copies are submitted to a responsible aircrew member. The execution and transfer of the first, second and fourth copies of the Certificate is carried out in accordance with paragraph 20 of these Rules. It is prohibited to hand over the baggage containing weapons to passengers at the transfer airport.

The weapons of passengers traveling by transfer from foreign countries through one airport of the Russian Federation to another one shall be documented to indicate the airport of the initial boarding on the territory of the Russian Federation. Registration, delivery and loading of weapons of such passengers on board the aircraft must be carried out in accordance with Chapter II of these Rules. Weapons of passengers traveling by transfer from one airport of the Russian Federation through another one to a foreign country shall be documented to indicate the transfer airport on the territory of the Russian Federation. At the transfer airport, registration, delivery and loading of weapons of such passengers on board the aircraft must be carried out in accordance with Chapter II of these Rules. Issuance of weapons at destination airport: The weapons must be handed over to the passenger upon presentation of the fourth copy of the Certificate handed over to him at the departure airport, baggage tags, and document of identity.

This Code establishes the legal basis for the use of the airspace of the Russian Federation and activities in the field of aviation. The state regulation of the use of the airspace of the Russian Federation and activities in the field of aviation is aimed at ensuring the needs of citizens and the economy for air transportation, aviation work, as well as ensuring the defense and security of the state, protecting the interests of the state, aircraft flight safety, aviation and environmental safety.

Persons guilty of violating the air legislation of the Russian Federation are liable in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. The Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses No. 195-ФЗ dated December 30, 2001 (RF Code on Administrative Offences) (as amended and supplemented) Criminal Code of the Russian Federation No. 63-ФЗ dated June 13, 1996 (RF Criminal Code) (as amended and supplemented) Civil Code of the Russian Federation (RF Civil Code) (parts one, two, three and four) (as amended and supplemented).

Aviation safety shall mean a state of aviation protection from illegal interference with aviation activities; Aviation safety is ensured by the services of aviation safety of aerodromes or airports, units of transport safety, services of aviation safety of operators (airlines), as well as authorized bodies vested with this right by federal laws.

Aviation safety is ensured through: 1) preventing access of unauthorized persons and vehicles to the controlled area of the airport or aerodrome; 2) protecting aircrafts at parking areas in order to exclude the possibility of unauthorized persons entering an aircraft; 3) eliminating the possibility of illegal transportation of weapons, ammunition, explosives, radioactive, toxic, flammable substances and other dangerous items and substances by an aircraft and introducing special precautions when allowing their transportation; 4) pre-flight checking, as well as post-flight checking if carried out in accordance with Article 85 of this Code; 5) implementing measures to counter acts of unlawful interference in the activities in the field of aviation and other measures, including measures carried out with the participation of law enforcement agencies; 6) eliminating the possibility of unauthorized access by unauthorized persons to unmanned aircraft systems.

The services of aviation safety have the right to detain the persons for their transfer to law enforcement authorities who have violated aviation safety requirements, as well as baggage, cargo and mail containing items and substances prohibited for air transportation, and in cases where the life or health of passengers, aircraft crew members or other citizens are in danger, take measures in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. Employees of the services of aviation safety while on duty are permitted to carry and use service weapons in the manner prescribed by federal laws.

In order to ensure the safety of passengers and crew members of the aircraft, the aircraft, its on-board supplies, crew members, passengers, baggage, carry-on luggage, cargo and mail are subject to mandatory pre-flight check, as well as post-flight check if carried out in accordance with this article. Post-flight check is carried out upon receipt by the airport operator, civil aviation aerodrome operator or carrier of information about the threat of an act of authorized interference in aviation activities in order to identify individuals whose actions show signs of preparation for committing acts of authorized interference in aviation activities or logistical facilities that can be used to commit acts of authorized interference in aviation activities in the field of aviation. Pre-flight check, post-flight check of passengers, baggage, carry-on luggage, crew members, civil aviation personnel specialists, aircraft on-board supplies, cargo and mail are carried out at the airport or on the aircraft by authorized persons of the services of aviation safety. Conducting a pre-flight check and post-flight check does not exclude the possibility of conducting a check when carrying out operational investigative, criminal procedural and other activities by authorized persons in the manner established by the legislation of the Russian Federation. In the event of international flights of aircraft, pre-flight check is carried out before or after completion of the border control and customs control or other types of control in cases established by international treaties of the Russian Federation, federal laws. In the event of international flights of aircraft, post-flight check is carried out after completion of the border control and customs control, and other types of control in cases established by international treaties of the Russian Federation, federal laws. 

If a passenger of an aircraft refuses to undergo pre-flight check, the air carriage contract with such a passenger is deemed terminated. The rules for conducting pre-flight and post-flight checks are established by the federal executive body authorized in the field of transport.

In order to ensure aviation safety, carriers ensure the transfer of personal data of aircraft passengers to automated centralized databases of personal data about passengers in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on transport safety and the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of personal data; in the event of international air transportation — to the authorized bodies of foreign states as well in accordance with international treaties of the Russian Federation or the legislation of foreign states of departure, destination or transit to the extent provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation, unless otherwise established by international treaties of the Russian Federation

Article 205. Terrorist act; Article 205.1. Assistance in terrorist activities; Article 205.2. Public calls for terrorist activities, public justification of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism; Article 205.3. Completing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities; Article 205.4. Organization of a terrorist community and participation in it; Article 205.5. Organization of activities of a terrorist organization and participation in the activities of such an organization; Article 205.6. Failure to report a crime; Article 206. Taking of a hostage;  

Article 207. Deliberately false report of an act of terrorism; Article 207.1. Public dissemination of deliberately false information about circumstances that pose a threat to the life and safety of citizens; Article 211. Hijacking of an aircraft or water vehicle, or railway vehicle; Article 263.1. Violation of transport safety requirements.

Article 11.3.1. Violation of aviation safety requirements
  1. Failure to comply with or violation of aviation safety norms, rules or procedures, except for the cases provided for in parts 2-4 of this article, shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine on officials in the amount of one thousand to two thousand five hundred rubles; for legal entities — two thousand to five thousand rubles.
  2. Failure to take measures to maintain the fences of a controlled territory or restricted access zone or ground facilities of an airport, aerodrome or heliport entails the imposition of an administrative fine on officials in the amount of two thousand to four thousand rubles; for legal entities — four thousand to ten thousand rubles.
  3. Failure to take measures to prevent the entry of persons, carry-on luggage or baggage, cargo, mail, on-board supplies on board the aircraft that have not passed check, or items or substances prohibited for transportation by aircraft entails the imposition of an administrative fine on officials in the amount of two thousand to three thousand rubles; for legal entities — ten thousand to fifty thousand rubles.
  4. Delivery or assistance in the delivery of persons, carry-on luggage or baggage, cargo, mail, on-board supplies on board the aircraft that have not passed check, or items or substances prohibited for transportation by aircraft entails the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of one thousand to three thousand rubles; for officials — ten thousand to thirty thousand rubles.
Article 11.15.1. Violation of transport safety requirements
  1. Failure to comply with requirements for ensuring transport safety or failure to comply with requirements for compliance with transport safety committed through negligence, if these actions (inaction) do not contain a criminal offense, entails the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of three thousand to five thousand rubles; for officials — twenty thousand to thirty thousand rubles; for individual entrepreneurs — thirty thousand to fifty thousand rubles; for legal entities — fifty thousand to one hundred thousand rubles.
  2. Repeated committing of an administrative offense provided for in Part 1 of this article entails the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of five thousand to ten thousand rubles; for officials — thirty thousand to fifty thousand rubles; for individual entrepreneurs — fifty thousand to seventy thousand rubles or administrative suspension of activities for up to ninety days; for legal entities — one hundred thousand to two hundred thousand rubles or administrative suspension of activities for a period of up to ninety days.
  3. An 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 or objects of the administrative offense, or administrative arrest for a term of up to ten days; for officials — fifty thousand to one hundred thousand rubles or administrative arrest for up to ten days; for individual entrepreneurs — one hundred thousand to one hundred fifty thousand rubles with or without confiscation of the instrument or objects of the administrative offense, or administrative suspension of activities for a period of up to ninety days; for legal entities — two hundred thousand to five hundred thousand rubles with or without confiscation of the instrument or objects of the administrative offense or administrative suspension of activities for a period of up to ninety days.

Note. Persons carrying out entrepreneurial activities without forming a legal entity bear administrative liability as legal entities for administrative offenses provided for in this article.

Article 11.17. Violation of the rules of conduct of citizens on air transport
  1. Violation of the rules for photographing, video recording and motion-picture filming, or using radio communication means on board the aircraft will entail a warning or the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of one hundred rubles with confiscation of the film.
  2. Failure by persons on board the aircraft to comply with the lawful orders of the aircraft commander shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of two thousand to five thousand rubles or administrative arrest for a term of up to fifteen days.
Article 785. Contract for carriage of goods
  1. Under a contract for carriage of goods, the carrier undertakes to deliver the cargo entrusted to it by the consignor to the destination point and release it to the person entitled to receive the cargo (the consignee), and the consignor undertakes to pay the established fee for the carriage of the cargo. 
  2. The conclusion of the contract shall be confirmed by drawing up of a consignment note (bill of lading or another document for the goods provided for by the relevant transport charter or code) and its issuing to the consignor.
Article 786. Passenger carriage contract 
  1. Under a passenger carriage contract, the carrier undertakes to transport the passenger to the destination, and if the passenger checks in baggage — to deliver the baggage to the destination as well and hand it over to the person authorized to receive the baggage; the passenger undertakes to pay the established fare, and when checking in baggage — for the carriage of the baggage as well. 
  2. The conclusion of the passenger carriage contract is certified by a ticket, and the handing over of baggage by a passenger is certified by a baggage receipt. The forms of the ticket and baggage receipt are established in the manner prescribed by transport charters, codes and other laws. 
  3. The passenger has the right, in the manner prescribed by the relevant transport charter, code or another law: to transport children with him/her free of charge or on other preferential terms; transport carry-on luggage with him/her free of charge within the established limits; hand in baggage for transportation for a fee according to the tariff.

Article 786 was supplemented by paragraph 4 dated December 16, 2017 — Federal Law No. 379-ФЗ dated December 5, 2017 4. In the cases provided for in Article 107.1 of the Air Code of the Russian Federation, the carrier or a person authorized by the carrier to conclude an contract for the air transportation of a passenger has the right to refuse to conclude a contract for the air transportation of a passenger if the passenger is included in the register of persons whose air transportation is limited by the carrier.

The following actions are not allowed in the airport control area: a) operation of vehicles and machinery that are not registered in the prescribed manner, as well as personal vehicles; b) use of film cameras, photo and video equipment without the permission of the airport administration; c) presence of aviation personnel, employees of aviation enterprises and other persons carrying out their activities on the territory of the airport after the end of working hours (shift) without permission from the administration; d) smoking and lighting fires in places not intended for this purpose; e) cluttering up the territory with building and other materials and items that impede vehicles movement; f) inappropriate use of the aerodrome territory. 

The airports of the Moscow air hub must use a three-level pre-flight baggage check system:

a) at the first level, 100% of baggage is checked using a high-speed X-ray television introscope with the function of automatic (without operator participation) diagnostics of explosives; b) at the second level, the check is carried out using a computed tomograph or another equipment that ensures reliable identification of explosives and suspicious baggage that was not allowed into the sterile area at the first level; c) at the third level, manual check of baggage that was not allowed into the sterile area at the second level is carried out. Manual check is carried out in the presence of a passenger, police officer and explosives technician.

At the entrances to the airport terminal, checkpoints for passengers, carry-on luggage and baggage are equipped with X-ray television introscopes, stationary and manual metal detectors

During pre-flight check:

a) technical means are used applying various physical methods (X-ray, gas analytical, nuclear quadrupole, neutron resonance, etc.) to detect explosives and explosive devices on the body and clothing, in carry-on luggage and baggage of passengers; b) outer clothing, headdresses, shoes, and belts of passengers are checked using an X-ray television introscope; c) personal, manual (contact) check of passengers is carried out in places where an explosive device may be located; as an alternative to manual (contact) check, the X-ray scanning method can be used; d) psychological testing of passengers is carried out.

If measures to ensure aviation safety do not comply with the requirements of these Rules, it is permitted to temporarily take equivalent measures to ensure aviation safety which are agreed upon with the Federal Service for Transport Supervision and internal affairs bodies, provided that the required level of aviation safety is maintained.

List of prohibited items

1. The following are items that, for safety reasons, are prohibited from being carried in the passenger cabin of an aircraft or taken into a secured restricted access area:

a) pistols, firearms and other devices that can fire a bullet and are intended to cause serious bodily injury by the bullet, or that can be mistaken for such devices, including:

    1. all types of firearms, including pistols, revolvers, rifles and shotguns;
    2. toy guns, dummies and imitations of any type of shooters that can be mistaken for real weapons;
    3. components of shooters, with the exception of telescopic sights;
    4. compressed air and carbon dioxide air rifles, including pistols, pellet guns, ball rifles and pistols;
    5. flare guns and starting pistols;
    6. bows, crossbows and arrows;
    7. harpoon guns and spear guns;
    8. slingshots and slings.

b) shock devices specifically designed to cause shock or paralysis, including:

    1. shock weapons such as pistols and shock batons;
    2. devices for shocking animals and devices for killing animals;
    3. incapacitating and paralyzing chemicals, gases and sprays such as mace gas, pepper spray, acid sprays, animal repellent sprays and lachrymatory gas.

с) items with a pointed end or a pointed edge that can be used to cause serious bodily injury, including:

    1. items designed for chopping, such as axes, cutters and cleavers;
    2. ice picks and ice axes;
    3. razor blades and knives for cutting cardboard;
    4. knives with a blade length of more than 6 cm;
    5. scissors with blades of over 6 cm long, if measured from the center of the hinge;
    6. accessories for hand-to-hand combat with pointed ends or pointed edges;
    7. swords and sabers.

d) work tools that can be used either to cause serious injury or to endanger the safety of an aircraft, including:

    1. mounts;
    2. drills and drill bits, including cordless portable electric drills;
    3. tools with blades or rods of longer than 6 cm that can be used as weapons, such as screwdrivers and chisels;
    4. saws, including cordless portable electric saws;
    5. blowtorches;
    6. «guns» for fastening and driving nails.

e) objects with a blunt end that can strike and cause serious injury, including:

    1. baseball and softball bats;
    2. different types of police batons, such as hard, flexible and weighted batons with a light;
    3. means of hand-to-hand combat.

f) explosives and incendiary substances and devices that can be used to cause serious bodily injury or endanger the safety of a flight, including:

    1. ammunition;
    2. blasting caps;
    3. detonators and fuses;
    4. dummy or imitation explosive devices;
    5. mines, grenades and other explosive devices for military purposes;
    6. pyrotechnics including pyrotechnic products for fireworks;
    7. 7smoke bombs or cartridges;
    8. dynamite, gunpowder and plastic explosives.

g) Liquids, aerosols and gels listed in the guidance for safety control measures for LAG.

2. Explosives or incendiary substances or devices that could be used to cause serious bodily injury or endanger the safety of an aircraft flight are prohibited from being carried in the cargo compartment of an aircraft for safety reasons, including (there may be regulations that provide an exemption under certain conditions):

a) with the approval of the operator, certain types of ammunition may be permitted for carriage in checked-in baggage under the conditions specified in Part 8, Chapter 1, 1.1.2 of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (Doc 9284); 

b) blasting caps;

c) detonators and fuses;

d) mines, grenades and other explosive devices for military purposes;

e) pyrotechnics including pyrotechnic products for fireworks;

f) smoke bombs or cartridges;

g) dynamite, gunpowder and plastic explosives.