Aleksandra Baiazitova
Aleksandra Baiazitova, born 1976, Moscow. Charges: Article 163 part 3 item b, Russian Criminal Code (Large-scale extortion with the view to obtain property); “Aleksandra Baiazitova and Olga Arkharova's case”. Sentence (September 9, 2025): replacement of the unserved term of imprisonment with 10 months 18 days'correctiobal labour. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 8, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Vladimir Oblast.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Journalists
Sentence
5 years
replacement of the unserved term of imprisonment with 10 months 18 days'correctiobal labour
First instance, November 27, 2023: 5 years
Charges
- Article 163 part 3 item b, Russian Criminal Code — Large-scale extortion with the view to obtain property
Full wording of the charges
According to investigators, she was involved in extorting 1.2 million rubles from the vice-president of Promsviazbank in exchange for the extension of the "no negative mentions mode" in her Telegram channel.
Latest event
September 9, 2025 — court ruling
The court changed the sentence to 5 years.
Timeline
· Court ruling
sentence changed · 5 years
· Preventive measure: transfer between facilities
Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Persecution begins
Aleksandra Baiazitova and Olga Arkharova's case
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Aleksandra Baiazitova and Olga Arkharova's case
Other defendants in the case
- Olga Arkharova — Imprisoned, 4 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of "blocks from negativity"; The case of extorting the vice president of Promsvyazbank
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Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Vladimir Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
601395, Владимирская область, Судогодский р- н, посёлок Головино, ул. Советская д. 50-А, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН по Владимирской области», Баязитова Александра Владимировна, 1976 г.р.
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Full summary
Journalist, worked as an editor-in-chief of economic publications. Administrator of the Telegram channel "Hell's Money". In August 2022, she was taken into custody in an extortion case. On 27, November, 2023, Bayazitova was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony. On 9, September, 2025, the court replaced her imprisonment with forced labour. On 28, October, 2025, the court of appeal instance cancelled this decision.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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