Aleksandra Baiazitova
- Criminal Code
- Article 163 part 3 item b, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Compulsory labour
- Date of verdict
- 2023-11-27
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН по Владимирской области»
- Address for letters
- 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.
Case 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.
Others charged under Article 163 part 3 item b, Russian Criminal Code
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