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2023: Initiation of a criminal case on non-payment of 120 million rubles in taxes
The IC Office in Moscow opened a case against blogger Alexandra Mitroshina on suspicion of tax evasion from an individual on an especially large scale (part 2 of article 198 of the Criminal Code; the maximum punishment is imprisonment for up to three years). The press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced this on March 21, 2023.
According to the investigation, Mitroshina from October 2020 to May 2022, being an individual entrepreneur (individual entrepreneur) and applying a simplified taxation system, having received income from the provision of services for the implementation of education courses in a significantly larger amount than the permissible limit, not wanting to switch to the general taxation system and pay the tax regime provided for by this tax regime VAT and personal income tax, used affiliated and controlled individual entrepreneurs. Thus, from its current account, in order to conceal income, it organized the receipt of funds from entrepreneurial activity directly to the above individual entrepreneurs. Thus, Alexandra Mitroshina evaded paying taxes in the amount of over 120 million. rubles
As part of the investigation of the criminal case, investigators of the capital's Investigative Committee, together with employees of the GUEB and PC MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS Russia , searched the place of registration of Mitroshina and other persons possibly involved in the crime, the ICR reported.
Alexandra Mitroshina blogs on Instagram (the owner of the Meta Platform social network is recognized as an extremist organization and banned), she has 4.2 million subscribers (by March 21, 2023). The topics are feminism, travel and sports. By March 2023, Mitroshina lives in Dubai.
In early March 2023, a case on a similar charge was brought against blogger Valeria Chekalina (Lercek) and her wife Artem. They were charged with part 2 of Art. 198, part 5 of Art. 33, part 2 of Art. 198 of the Criminal Code (evasion and complicity in tax evasion from an individual), searches were carried out.[1]
2025: House arrest for alleged tax evasion of ₽127 million
On March 10, 2025, the Chertanovsky District Court of Moscow sent blogger Alexander Mitroshin under house arrest for a period of one month and 16 days. The court also banned her from using the Internet and means of communication. Mitroshina is accused of tax evasion in the amount of ₽127 million, as well as the legalization of these funds.
The investigation claims that in 2020-2022, the blogger used a simplified taxation system with a rate of 6%, although its actual income exceeded ₽150 million. In such cases, the taxpayer is obliged to switch to a general taxation system. Investigators believe that unpaid taxes were legalized through the purchase of real estate under an equity agreement.
According to the case file, Mitroshina was detained in the Krasnodar Territory in early March after returning from Dubai. On March 8, she was taken to Moscow, where the interrogation took place. The Investigative Committee reported that the accused pleaded guilty in full.
The investigation insisted on Mitroshina's imprisonment in a pre-trial detention center, but the prosecutor's office proposed to elect house arrest for her. The court decided in favor of a softer preventive measure.
Mitroshina, known under the pseudonym "Mother of Bluzhya," is one of the first million-plus bloggers in Russia to be prosecuted for tax evasion. In 2023, she stated that she had fully repaid the tax debt, but later a new criminal case was initiated against her on the legalization of funds.
According to the investigation, the blogger transferred part of the proceeds from the sale of training courses, the cost of which could reach ₽1 million, to individual enterprises affiliated and controlled by it. In 2021, Mitroshina acquired an apartment worth ₽200 million in Moscow, located on Bolshaya Dmitrovka. According to the investigation, part of the funds hidden from taxation was invested in this particular real estate.
According to lawyer Mikhail Mushailov, the defense intends to cooperate with the investigation. He clarified that Mitroshina fully admitted her guilt, which became one of the grounds for choosing her a preventive measure in the form of house arrest.[2]
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