Alexandra Mitroshina transferred the last 9 million rubles to the Federal Tax Service on May 2, which she announced on her social networks. In total, the Federal Tax Service filed claims in the amount of 127 million rubles, the blogger paid off the bulk of the arrears a month ago.
A criminal case on tax evasion against Alexandra Mitroshina was initiated by the Investigative Committee of Russia, but even before the detention, the Instagram star managed to leave for Dubai. In the UAE, the blogger bought an apartment of 50 square meters, by her own admission – for 300 thousand dollars.
Alexandra is from Karelia, she is 28 years old. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, wrote about gadgets and cars, worked on TV and radio. After the advent of Instagram (owned by Meta, recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation), she began to actively promote herself in this social network.
She taught her subscribers “installology”, explained how to write stories and cool posts, introduced “dummies” into the world of cryptocurrency speculation, gave valuable advice on pumping the buttocks at home and in the gym. This motley content was consumed by 2.5 million subscribers, paying for marathons and courses. The business brought good income, including for advertising on Instagram networks, but something went wrong with the payment of taxes.
Back in June 2022, Alexandra reported on her social networks about the claims of the Federal Tax Service for 200 million rubles. According to the businesswoman, she has always “worked in the white, with no intention of deceiving the state,” but she is going to pay for the arrears.
However, the story has already turned into a criminal case, and the press service of the TFR reported that Mitroshina worked as an individual entrepreneur from October 2020 to May 2022 using a simplified taxation system, in which the annual income should not exceed 150 million rubles. According to the TFR, the blogger earned more, but withdrew the surplus to controlled IP. This is indirectly confirmed by the portfolio of the 2022 nominee for the Forbes youth award, where it was indicated that personal projects brought Mitroshina 303 million rubles. This is much more than the simplification limit.
Arrears in the amount of more than 120 million rubles threatened the blogger with a real term of up to three years in prison under Part 2 of Article 198 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (tax evasion by an individual). At the same time, it is important to remember that, according to the law, individual entrepreneurs do not submit financial statements, so the identification of controlled individual entrepreneurs, for which, according to the investigation, the surplus was withdrawn, is pure undercover work.
Alexandra, having paid the entire amount, said today at a press conference online that she admits the charge against her only partially: the conflicts that have arisen are partly on her conscience, partly on the conscience of the outsourcing company, but she intends to challenge the amount of the arrears together with her lawyers.
The guru of promotion in social networks does not consider himself an “infogypsy” and refuses to disclose his annual income, but indirectly, through the amount of arrears, it can be calculated that the “Mother of God” earned 363 million rubles during the period that turned into a criminal case. And it’s not closed yet. They say the reason is that fines in the amount of more than 80 million rubles have not yet been paid.
Mitroshina entered the top three life coaches and social media stars against whom criminal cases were initiated in March 2023. At the same time, comrades in misfortune – Valeria Chekalina (Lerchek) and Elena Blinovskaya – are called “digital oligarchs” in the media. The first was accused of tax evasion for 311 million rubles, the second – for 918 million, as well as money laundering in the amount of more than 43 million rubles.
Both stars are under house arrest, and Elena Blinovskaya was detained at the end of April while trying to leave Russia. She is suspected of committing crimes under Part 2 of Art. 198, paragraph “b” part 4 of Art. 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (evasion of an individual from paying taxes on an especially large scale, legalization (laundering) of money on an especially large scale or other property acquired by a person as a result of committing a crime).
The security forces took the author of the “Marathon of Desires” especially seriously: the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that an international order had been sent to the UAE to confirm that Blinovskaya had property in this country. It was assumed that it could go towards compensating for the damage that the life coach caused to the state. It is known that the case of the “digital oligarch” is being handled by an investigator for particularly important cases, Colonel of Justice from Saratov Elina Nikolaeva, according to MK, she is especially close to the leadership of the Main Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee for Moscow.
According to the Saratov Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, in 2013 Elina Nikolaeva, then a major of justice, was awarded the medal “For Impeccable Service” II degree, she also participated in tax disputes courts.
According to the investigation, both Blinovskaya and Chekalina used the business splitting scheme in order not to pay the tax and optimize the personal income tax. For example, Blinovskaya, as TG channels write with reference to informed sources, used 18 interdependent and controlled organizations, as well as three individual entrepreneurs. However, according to recent reports, the author of the “Marathon of Desires” has already reimbursed a large amount to the budget.
And today it became known that the Federal Tax Service has suspended operations on the accounts of the most odious Instagram star, singer Daria Zoteeva, known under the pseudonym Instasamka. According to rough estimates, the 22-year-old daughter of a driver from Tobolsk earned several million rubles a month from advertising blocks, gave interviews in which she boasted of her income, but completely forgot about tax obligations to the treasury. According to a number of TV channels, the police are now checking Daria for not only tax evasion, but also money laundering.
Problems with access to accounts literally these days began with two companies of the model Oksana Samoilova, who sell clothes and shoes wholesale and retail. The wife of rapper Djigan came to the attention of the Federal Tax Service for failing to submit a tax return, while Zoteeva and Samoilova allegedly appear on the blacklist of bloggers whom the Ministry of Internal Affairs is checking for tax evasion and money laundering.
According to TG channels, there are 30 people on this list, including blogger Dina Saeva, who also had her accounts blocked. A native of Dushanbe, Dina Saeva has a solid following on Instagram and TikTok, which has landed her deals with brands the size of Coca-Cola and Dolce & Gabbana.
Saeva’s “chip” was dancing to the music of the peoples of Central Asia and the Caucasus. Because of the accumulated debt, Saeva’s recording studio “Yammi Sound” fell under the distribution, and the advertising company “Yammi Global”, which officially has losses, was also under control.
Help “BV”. Tax officials have been checking the incomes of top bloggers since the beginning of 2022, at the same time social media stars received notices from the Federal Tax Service about the need to declare incomes. In the Saratov region, according to the regional prosecutor’s office, the regional Investigative Committee of the ICR received 71 reports of tax crimes committed by business entities. 51 criminal cases were initiated, prosecutors sent 12 criminal cases to the court for consideration on the merits. In 2023, 21 criminal cases were initiated, 4 were sent to court. 135 million rubles.