In Lebedyan, the seller of a knife with “Avito” was punished with 180 hours of work for the sale of cold weapons

Lebedyansky district court of the Lipetsk region announced the verdict 59-year-old local resident, found guilty under part 7 of article 222 of the criminal code of the Russian Federation — illegal sale of bladed weapons. This was reported in the joint press service of the judicial system of the region.

As follows from the materials of the criminal case, in 2026, the defendant posted on the Avito website an advertisement for the sale of a knife. In September of the same year, he met with a buyer at the station square and sold the knife for 15 thousand rubles. According to the expert’s conclusion, the knife belongs to the category of cold weapons manufactured industrially according to the type of hunting knives.

The transfer of knives was carried out during the operational-search event “Verification procurement”, conducted by law enforcement agencies. The defendant admitted his guilt and repented of what he had done. The court sentenced him to 180 hours of compulsory work.

For online sellers, this case is a lesson: what seems like a conventional knife can be a cold weapon, and selling it without permission turns into a criminal case.

Verification procurement in such situations is standard practice, and the buyer who responded to the ad may well be a law enforcement officer.

The sanction of the article provides for punishment up to imprisonment, so that 180 hours of compulsory work is a relatively mild outcome, made possible by admission of guilt and repentance.