I don't think anybody deserves to spend nine years in a Russian prison because they got caught with weed.
Try it in Japan or Indonesia and see what
they do to you. The Russians delivered on their law because they didn't want any more American 'groids thinking they could go to Russia and have a good time smoking weed and mixing up a Russian version of grape drank. Notice that the Africoon and muslim invaders targeted Ye Olde Europe, NOT Russia.