Alexandra Ageeva
{{Short description|Russian journalist (born 1986)}}
{{POV|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alexandra Ageeva
| native_name = Александра Агеева
| native_name_lang = ru
| image = Ageeva Alexandra SOTA.png
| caption = Ageeva in 2022
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|3|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sverdlovsk, USSR
| nationality = Russian
| occupation = Journalist
| known_for = Sota.vision
| employer = Rostov State Musical Theater
| alma_mater = {{ill|Rostov College of Culture|ru|Ростовский колледж культуры}}
}}
Alexandra Ageeva ({{langx|ru|Александра Агеева}}; born March 26, 1986) is a Russian opposition journalist and the founder of the publication Sota.vision. In February 2022, she was recognized as a foreign agent.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-05 |title=How Russian journalists in Latvia navigate life in exile |url=https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-russian-journalists-latvia-navigate-life-exile |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Life.ru |date=2022-02-11 |title=Учредитель Sota.Vision Александра Айнбиндер признана иноагентом |url=https://life.ru/p/1470752 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Life.ru |language=ru}}
Biography
Alexandra Ageeva was born on March 26, 1986 in Sverdlovsk.
She studied at the Rostropovich Voronezh Music High School, specializing in instrumental performance. In connection with her move to Rostov-on-Don, her studies continued at the {{ill|Rostov College of Culture|ru|Ростовский колледж культуры}}, which Alexandra graduated from. Later, she received the qualification of the head of an instrumental group and teacher. While still studying at college, Alexandra entered the Rostov State Musical Theater as a choir artist. After completing her studies, she continued to serve in this theater.
In 2014, Ageeva started working for the publication Grani.ru. She was first detained by the police while covering a rally in support of Nadezhda Savchenko.{{Cite web |date=2015-01-14 |title=У московского СИЗО силовики задержали людей после прослушивания гимна Украины в машине |url=https://ru.krymr.com/a/26793546.html |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Крым.Реалии |language=ru}}{{Cite web |title=В Москве полиция задержала семь человек, которые слушали украинский гимн возле СИЗО, в котором удерживают Савченко |url=http://ipress.ua/ru/news/v_moskve_polytsyya_zaderzhala_sem_chelovek_kotorie_slushaly_ukraynskyy_gymn_vozle_syzo_v_kotorom_uderzhyvayut_savchenko_104709.html |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=ipress.ua |language=uk}} She continued to document the actions and pickets of the United Democratic Movement "Solidarnost", which advocated against the war in Ukraine.{{Cite web |title=Движение "Солидарность". Мероприятия - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtc54ib4HaJAWb1FSI6L03nOsewfLtFL3 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.youtube.com}} She filmed{{Citation |title=На, Миша, постреляй! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqaN6_urLYI |access-date=2023-05-18 |language=en}} the noteworthy performance by activist Ekaterina Maldon and produced a documentary about participants of the Euromaidan movement.{{Citation |title=Мы теперь Украина! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3m3ft-YuzY |access-date=2023-05-18 |language=en}}
She also covered media events related to the preparations for the "Spring March" in 2015. Ageeva captured footage of Boris Nemtsov and reported on Ilya Yashin's pre-election campaign in Kostroma.{{Cite web |title=Илья Яшин в Костроме. Видео |url=https://semnasem.org/articles/2015/06/06/ilya-yashin-v-kostrome-video |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=semnasem.org |language=ru}}{{Citation |title=Борис Немцов: Жёсткая цензура на Эхо Москвы. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbOaVEmHv30 |access-date=2023-05-18 |language=en}}
On December 31, 2015, she officially registered her own publication, Sota.vision (abbreviated as Sota),{{Cite web |title=Перечень наименований зарегистрированных СМИ |url=https://rkn.gov.ru/mass-communications/reestr/media/?id=591252 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Роскомнадзор}} and began working as a journalist and editor under her own media outlet.{{Cite web |title=Сторонник Путина пришел на акцию протеста в Москве |url=https://daily.afisha.ru/news/8979-storonnik-putina-prishel-na-akciyu-protesta-v-moskve-i-byl-zaderzhan-sotrudnikami-omona/ |website=Daily.afisha.ru}} She created videos and reports that gained widespread attention through online media and social networks. Aleksandra played an active role in the production of the documentary film "Nemtsov",{{Cite web |date=2017-05-04 |title=Кара-Мурза: "Некоторые отказались сниматься в фильме о Немцове" |url=https://www.golosameriki.com/a/russian-oppisition-activist-vladimir-kara-murza-presented-in-washington-his-documentary-about-boris-nemtsov/3836737.html |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=ГОЛОС АМЕРИКИ |language=ru}} and her name appeared in the credits.{{Cite web |title=Yandex |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/showcaptcha?cc=1&mt=0E771B18454E49AA22239F7D043686588AD3DADE0A8F312CD7A200CAF248CB43DD670B22E197DCCBAC7F4B72D9DA2DADCF8143499F94E0F6D12CD16CF1DFFAE9350DEE849BDD9C73C430CDD704ACF9D0D567F7D112E45AB6B2E1&retpath=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cua2lub3BvaXNrLnJ1L2ZpbG0vOTQ2OTA5Pw%2C%2C_e750b4e784de81b558da144761c668fb&t=2/1684410521/8ca834e87f423f847ac6d2695171a781&u=e49b4c48-e8bfb252-cdfea518-d65ed8fb&s=7580337895a88c8927f7962cbef98a72 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.kinopoisk.ru}}
Her project has grown. Today Sota.vision has dozens of employees, who cover a variety of public events in support of political prisoners, especially Alexei Navalny, as well as people of Ukrainian.{{Cite web |last=Especial) |first=Carlos Torralba (Enviado |date=2023-02-06 |title=Riga, capital del periodismo ruso en el exilio |url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2023-02-06/riga-capital-del-periodismo-ruso-en-el-exilio.html |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=El País |language=es}}
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On February 11, 2022, Aleksandra Ageeva, mentioned under her married name Aynbinder, was added to the list of "foreign agents" by the media.{{Cite web |title=Минюст объявил учредителя Sota.Vision Александру Айнбиндер "иностранным агентом" |url=https://meduza.io/news/2022/02/11/minyust-ob-yavil-uchreditelya-sota-vision-aleksandru-aynbinder-inostrannym-agentom |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Meduza |language=ru}} As a result, in March 2022, she made the decision to leave Russia.{{Cite web |title=Riiast on saanud sadade Vene pagulasajakirjanike tõmbekeskus |url=https://epl.delfi.ee/a/96575895 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Eesti Päevaleht |language=et}} Currently, she resides in Riga, Latvia.{{Cite web |title="Ich hasse ihn" – diese 5 russischen Journalisten in Riga provozieren Putin |url=https://www.watson.ch/!735828760 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Watson|language=de}}
Ageeva extensively covered the trial of Ildar Dadin's case{{Cite web |title=Дело Ильдара Дадина |url=https://ovd.news/story/delo-ildara-dadina |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=ОВД-News |language=ru}} and was detained by the police while preparing a report near the building of the Constitutional Court in St. Petersburg.{{Cite web |title=У здания КС задержали жену Дадина и нескольких активистов |url=https://www.zaks.ru/new/archive/view/163978 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=ЗакС.Ру |language=ru}} Her report on the Moscow rally in support of protests in the region of Khabarovsk gained over 1.7 million views. Additionally, she reported on the environmental protests in Shiyes railway station, Arkhangelsk Oblast.{{Citation |title=ШИЕС - УЛЬТИМАТУМ ПУТИНУ!!! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3CKDBI8Qq0 |access-date=2023-05-18 |language=en}}
In January 2023, Channel One aired a detailed report that accused both Aleksandra Ageeva and her media platform, Sota.vision, of spreading what they called "fake news." Interestingly, the episode of the program was falsely labeled as being from February.{{Citation |title=АнтиФейк. Выпуск от 19.02.2023 |url=https://www.1tv.ru/shows/antifeyk/vypuski/antifeyk-vypusk-ot-19-02-2023 |access-date=2023-05-17 |language=ru}}
In her L’Expess interview Alexandra Ageeva stated that she was accused of receiving 200 roubles from Belarusian activists, which is a price of a cup of coffee, and money from YouTube monetization of her materials. The absurdity of those accusations points to the fact that the authorities would use any excuse to silence the alternative point of view in Russia.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-05 |title=Ils sont la cible de Poutine : l’enfer des Russes désignés "agents de l’étranger" |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/idees-et-debats/ils-sont-la-cible-de-poutine-lenfer-des-russes-designes-agents-de-letranger-24JY7OAHORCYPJJ2BGMW3EXF44/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=L'Express |language=fr}}
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