Alexandra Ageeva


Alexandra Ageeva is a Russian journalist and the founder of Sota.Vision, an independent political media.
In February 2022, she was designated as foreign agent law|foreign agent] by the Russian authorities.

Biography

Alexandra Ageeva was born on March 26, 1986, in Sverdlovsk. She studied instrumental music at the Rostropovich Voronezh Music High School, graduated from , and completed qualifications as a teacher and a head of instrumental group. While studying in college, Ageeva joined the Rostov State Musical Theater as a choir artist and performed there after graduating.

Journalism

In 2014, Ageeva became a correspondent for a politics-focused media. She covered the anti-war political actions of Solidarnost United Democratic Movement, worked on a documentary about Euromaidan activists, covered the preparation of the Spring united opposition rally and the election campaigns of Boris Nemtsov and Ilya Yashin in Kostroma. She was, for the first time, detained at the rally in support of Nadiya Savchenko in January 2015.
On December 31, 2015, she registered Sota.Vision, her own political news outlet. She also contributed to the production of Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr.'s Nemtsov documentary and was credited. Sota.Vision became known due to its coverage of political events, such as the persecution of Alexey Navalny, and expanded to work with dozens of reporters.
Ageeva covered the trial of Ildar Dadin and was occasionally detained near the Constitutional Court in Saint Petersburg. She also reported on 2018–2021 Shies protests and 2020–2021 [Khabarovsk Krai protests].
[image:Ageeva Alexandra SOTA 07.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Alexandra Ageeva at the march in memory of Boris Nemtsov in the hospital in 2018]
On February 11, 2022, Aleksandra Ageeva, mentioned under her married name Aynbinder, was designated as a foreign agent. In her L'Express interview, Ageeva revealed that the designation was due to YouTube monetization and a 200 Russian Ruble donation from Belarussian activists. In March 2022, following the 2022 [Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine], she left Russia and ultimately settled in Riga, Latvia.
In January 2023, the Russian state-owned Channel One aired a story accusing Ageeva and Sota.Vision on spreading alleged fake news.