Yakut journalist Sasha Alexandrova’s prison term has been extended to an arrest. The trial was held on 12 May. The defenсe has until tomorrow, 20 May, to appeal the restraining order. Recall that on 21 March, Sasha was detained by FSB officers. She was charged with public calls to commit terrorist activities, public justification of terrorism, or propaganda of terrorism. She is included in the list of terrorists and extremists of Rosfinmonitoring. What exactly Aleksandrova is accused of is still unknown in the journalistic community of Yakutia, temporarily occupied by Russia.
Repression by the occupiers against a Yakut journalist

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