Aleksandra Garmazhapova
Aleksandra Garmazhapova, born 1989, Buryatia. Charges: Article 330.1, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of foreign agent legislation); “Alexandra Garmazhapova's case of evasion of "foreign agent" duties”, opened on October 1, 2025. Sentence (March 5, 2026): 10 months' imprisonment; taking into account the previous sentence 7 years and 3 months of imprisonment in absentia; a…; previously convicted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Buryatia · Ulan-Ude · Journalists, Human rights defenders · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
10 months
imprisonment; taking into account the previous sentence 7 years and 3 months of imprisonment in absentia; a ban on engaging in activities related to administering websites and channels using electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years.
No information about an appeal ruling.
Other verdicts
- November 10, 2023 — 7 years’ imprisonment in absentia
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
- Article 330.1, Russian Criminal Code — Violation of foreign agent legislation
Full wording of the charges
Details of the case are unknown
Latest event
May 21, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 10 months
· Criminal case opened
Alexandra Garmazhapova's case of evasion of "foreign agent" duties
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Persecution begins
Aleksandra Garmazhapova's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
Alexandra Garmazhapova's case of evasion of "foreign agent" duties
- Case number
- 1-14/2026-8
Aleksandra Garmazhapova's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-537/2023
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Journalist, founder of the Svobodnaya Buryatiya Foundation. According to the "Empire of Truth" Telegram channel, she was prosecuted under the article on dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces with the motive of political hatred (item "e" part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). In February it was reported that Garmazhapova was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia. On 10 November 2023, she was sentenced in absentia to seven years' imprisonment.
On 23 October 2025, law enforcers came to search Garmazhapova's relatives in St. Petersburg in a new criminal case. She was accused of evading her duties as a "foreign agent". On 5 March 2026, she was sentenced in absentia in this case to ten months' imprisonment, taking into account the previous sentence to seven years and three months' imprisonment.
In November 2022, the activist was added to the list of "foreign agents". After that, she was twice fined in administrative cases for failure to fulfil the duties of a "foreign agent".
All fields of the record
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.