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Alexandra Alexandrova

Journalist Alexandra Alexandrova was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony for justifying terrorism. She was detained in March 2025 after returning to Russia from emigration.

LAST UPDATED · OCT 15, 2026

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Russia · Art. 207.3 · military "fakes"
Russia · Art. 280.3 · "discrediting" the army
Russia · Art. 205.2 · justification of terrorism
Russia · Art. 275 · high treason
Russia · Art. 275.1 · confidential cooperation with a foreign state
Russia · Art. 205.5 · participation in a terrorist organization
Russia · Art. 282.2 · participation in an extremist organization
Russia · Art. 280 · calls to extremism
Russia · Art. 354.1 · rehabilitation of Nazism
Russia · Art. 205 · terrorist act
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