The lawyer appreciated the possibility of transferring blogger Mitroshina to witness status.

Theoretically, blogger Alexandra Mitroshina, who blamed producer Nelly Oganesyan for her detention and claims that she was dragged into an illegal business by offering to earn more by selling courses through other sole proprietors, can be transferred to witness status. Lawyer Sergey Zhorin told about this on Monday, March 10. However, in practice, the circle of guilty and innocent people is often determined before a criminal case is initiated, he noted.

"If during the investigation it is established that the suspect or the accused had no intention of committing a crime, actively cooperates with the investigation, gives evidence incriminating real persons involved in the commission of the crime, the status of the suspect or the accused may be changed to a witness. As for those persons against whom testimony is being given, they may, on the contrary, acquire the status of a suspect or accused. But that's in theory. In practice, this happens quite rarely," the lawyer said in an interview with the "Paragraph".

Zhorin explained that it is much more common for people against whom incriminating testimony is given to become accomplices. That is, the circle of people who are accused of committing a crime is expanding.

"Of course, all the circumstances of the case are taken into account when passing sentence," the speaker concluded.

Residential and sums: what is the blogger Alexandra Mitroshina known for and how she earns millions

She is accused of laundering 127 million rubles of income.

Earlier that day, Mitroshina, who is accused of money laundering on a particularly large scale, was placed under house arrest until April 24, reports NSN.

The girl was banned from using the Internet and other means of communication, RT reports. Mitroshina pleaded guilty in full and stated that she was not going to obstruct the investigation. 360.ru . According to the blogger, she did not know that buying an apartment was related to money laundering.

Mitroshina's lawyer said that the girl paid off the tax arrears in 2023 and now has no debts to the Federal Tax Service. He added that in the period from January 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024, the blogger paid 666 million rubles to repay the debt. According to the lawyer, Mitroshina also sold all real estate in Russia to pay off debts.

The prosecution said that the blogger was hiding from the investigation and was put on the wanted list. In addition, Mitroshina has been living in Dubai for a long time, where, according to the investigation, she may have connections with which she may try to escape again.

On March 7, it became known that a criminal case had been initiated under clause "b" of Part 4 of Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Legalization (laundering) of large-scale funds or other property acquired by a person as a result of committing a crime") regarding Mitroshina. The blogger was detained in the Krasnodar Territory.

The Moscow prosecutor's office reported that from 2020 to 2022, the blogger, being an individual entrepreneur, applied a simplified taxation system and exceeded the limit, after which she organized the receipt of funds directly to the accounts of three sole proprietors. According to the Interior Ministry, Mitroshina legalized more than 60.25 million rubles out of 127 million rubles of unpaid taxes.

According to data from the file of the Moscow Arbitration Court, by the end of 2021, the blogger owed the Federal Tax Service more than 214 million rubles, including fines. On March 8, Mitroshina fully admitted her guilt in the case of the legalization of illegally earned funds.

On March 10, Moscow's Chertanovsky Court placed the influencer under house arrest until April 24. The investigation insisted on Mitroshina's imprisonment in a pre-trial detention center.

She is forbidden to communicate with witnesses and relatives, as well as to use the Internet. By phone, the blogger can only call the emergency services.