Alexandra Alexandrova

Affiliated media: SakhaDay, Ykt.ru , Journalist

Incident date: November 28, 2025

Attack type:

Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk

Additional information:

The 1st Eastern District Military Court has sentenced Yakut journalist Alexandra Alexandrova to three years in a general-regime penal colony on charges of “justifying terrorism,” though the specific allegations remain undisclosed. Her detention first became public in March 2025, when the court ordered her placement in a pre-trial detention center. Until 2022, Alexandrova worked for several Yakut media outlets, including Ykt.ru and SakhaDay. She left Russia after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine but returned in 2024.