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Blog review: the court will begin to consider the case of the seller of online courses Mitroshina
On November 14, 2025, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow will hold the first hearing on the criminal case against Alexandra Mitroshina, a well-known blogger and author of popular online courses on social media, who is accused of money laundering on an especially large scale. According to investigators, the blogger illegally received more than 127 million rubles by evading taxes, and then legalized part of this amount through the purchase of real estate in the capital. At first, Mitroshina admitted her guilt, but then changed her position. This is a risky maneuver, lawyers say. About how new circumstances can affect the course of the case — in the material of Izvestia.
Exhaustive evidence
The criminal case against the millionaire blogger Alexandra Mitroshina, who is accused of money laundering on an especially large scale, will be considered on its merits in the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow. The first meeting will be held on Friday, November 14, 2025.
Mitroshina was arrested on March 7 this year at Sochi airport upon arrival from the UAE, where she had been living for the past three years. As follows from the case file, having accumulated a debt of over 127 million rubles to the tax service, Mitroshina legalized part of these funds back in 2021 through the purchase of an apartment in the center of Moscow.
As Izvestia found out, the blogger's housing cost 44 million rubles. In addition, some time later, Mitroshina sold the apartment through an intermediary for 55 million rubles. Then she signed a shared—equity construction contract for another property, which cost 128.1 million rubles. Three years later, the blogger terminated the deal and returned the money spent.
"Exhaustive evidence of Mitroshina's involvement in the commission of this crime has been collected. The evidence base is based on the testimony of witnesses and the accused herself, protocols of inspections of objects and documents, as well as documents of her financial and economic activities requested and submitted by witnesses," the Investigative Committee said.
At first, the blogger admitted her guilt, but then changed her position — she confessed to the crime only partially.
Mitroshina previously told the investigation that she did not know that buying an apartment was legalization. According to the blogger, tax evasion could occur due to the fact that she "does not have special knowledge in the field of accounting."
"I admit my mistakes, I'm not going to hinder the investigation, I won't allow this in the future," she assured at the meeting on the selection of a preventive measure.
Mitroshina is under house arrest, and the court has restricted her use of mobile communications and the Internet.
The investigation indicated that one of the mitigating circumstances in the Mitroshina case was the active contribution to the detection and investigation of the crime. There are no aggravating circumstances in the case.
How much does Mitroshina owe to the tax service
Alexandra Mitroshina divided her business between different sole proprietors, the investigation suggests. She had three such companies — the blogger directly transferred funds from the sale of her author's courses on promotion in social networks to their accounts, a source in law enforcement agencies told Izvestia.
Mitroshina acted intentionally "with the aim of concealing part of her income and obtaining unjustified tax savings due to a special tax regime," the investigation believes.
"From 2020 to 2022, Mitroshina, being an individual entrepreneur, applied a simplified taxation system with an allowable income limit of 150 million rubles for 2020. Having received a significantly larger income ... in 2020, she organized the receipt of funds from entrepreneurial activities directly into the accounts of three entrepreneurs," follows from the resolution on the initiation of a criminal case dated January 24, 2025 (available to the editorial board).
A tax audit against Mitroshina was conducted back in 2023. At the same time, the first criminal case was initiated on tax evasion of 127 million rubles. In the summer of 2023, the case was closed due to damages. However, this did not save Mitroshina from a new criminal case on money laundering. In addition, other arrears were found.
According to Izvestia, by the beginning of this year, the blogger had already paid 666 million rubles to the tax. In early October 2025, the Moscow Tax Inspectorate No. 33 appealed to the Moscow Arbitration Court, demanding that Mitroshina be declared bankrupt, but the application was left without motion due to "non-compliance with the requirements." At that time, Mitroshina owed the state 211 million rubles, according to the document.
The statement of the tax inspectorate was left without movement until November 10, 2025, the Moscow department of the Federal Tax Service told Izvestia.
"As of the date of filing the application, Mitroshina had a negative balance of a single tax account in the amount of 210.7 million rubles. The main debt is 135.3 million rubles, penalties — 47.2 million rubles, fine — 28.1 million rubles," the document says.
However, according to the act of the last tax audit of her declarations, the blogger had to pay only 25 million rubles — Izvestia came to this conclusion after reviewing the document. The Federal Tax Service reduced the tax requirements for Mitroshina by almost 10 times after a new audit (her act is available to the publication). As it turned out, the blogger corrected her declaration several times and "incorrectly reflected income" — she included amounts that should not be taxed.
The situation with multiple corrections of declarations, in particular, arose because of Mitroshina's former lawyers. According to investigators, lawyer Alisa Volkhova, using a trusting relationship with the blogger, together with her accomplice, lawyer Olga Goltseva, stole more than 40 million rubles from her client.
"Volkhova provided deliberately false information to Mitroshina about the need to transfer funds to her and Goltseva in order to ensure their safety, prevent them from being written off by the tax authorities, as well as resolve issues with officials of the Federal Tax Service of Russia allegedly in connection with a tax audit," the Investigative Committee noted.
At the end of October 2025, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the criminal article "Fraud committed by a group of persons by prior agreement on an especially large scale."
What threatens Mitroshina in view of the new circumstances
According to the article on the legalization of funds on a particularly large scale, Mitroshina could face up to seven years in prison and a fine of up to 1 million rubles, said Albert Khaleyan, a criminal lawyer and partner at the Vector Prime Moscow Bar Association.
— The investigation insists that the income was received precisely within the framework of entrepreneurial activity, which, according to their version, aggravates the guilt, — the expert noted.
At the same time, the article that Mitroshina is currently being charged with does not provide for the possibility of terminating the criminal case, even with full compensation for damage to the budget, added Marina Zhirova, senior partner at the Yablokov and Partners law firm.
— When a case comes to a judge with 100% prosecution statistics, it becomes a test of strength for the very principle of competition. For the defense, this is a signal that their main battle may not be in this instance, but in appeal or cassation, where they should come prepared, with strong arguments," lawyer Albert Haleyan believes.
According to the expert, a partial admission of guilt in the crime instead of a full one is a risky maneuver on the part of Mitroshina and her defenders.
"A full admission of guilt most often gives a discount in sentencing," he explained. — By switching to the position of partial recognition, the defense will be able to try to prove that not all the amount was obtained by criminal means, or challenge the signs of entrepreneurial activity. They take risks, but they get a chance for a more favorable outcome, using all procedural rights.
In addition, Mitroshina could have reviewed her testimony after a criminal case was initiated against her former lawyers — it is possible that they were given under the influence of those unscrupulous specialists who manipulated her, Albert Khaleyan admitted.
— Among the mitigating circumstances is the repayment of debts in the amount of more than 600 million rubles. The Federal Tax Service is the main "victim" in this case, it significantly reduced the amount of claims and terminated the tax evasion case in connection with compensation for damages. This undermines the prosecution's position on money laundering," the lawyer said.
The termination of one criminal case does not automatically mean the termination of another, but it provides good grounds for mitigation of punishment, he added.
A series of high—profile cases against popular bloggers, in particular Alexandra Mitroshina, the "queen of marathons" Elena Blinovskaya and Valeria Chekalina (Lerchek) is a systemic trend, Albert Khaleyan believes. According to him, the government is demonstrating a tough course towards decriminalization and financial transparency of income earned in the digital environment.
— The Mitroshina case is a classic construction: tax evasion and money laundering through the purchase of assets. But blogger Lercek is a fundamentally different scheme. She is charged under the article "Non-return of funds in foreign currency from abroad." Here we are talking about the withdrawal of funds abroad using forged documents," the expert explained.
The criminal trial against Mitroshina differs significantly from the case of Blinovskaya, who was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison, says Polina Denisova, chairman of the Moscow Bar Association Absolut. According to the expert, the court may appoint Mitroshina a more humane measure of restraint, since she contacted the state authorities and immediately assumed responsibility for paying off the debt.
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