As a participant in the TV series Interns, she ended up in court because of drugs. The case of actress Aglaya Tarasova

The court extended the ban on certain actions for actress Aglaya Tarasova, who is accused of drug smuggling. The actress was detained at the airport upon arrival from Israel — an electronic cigarette with a prohibited substance was found in her luggage. What is known about the case of Aglaya Tarasova is in the Izvestia article.

What is Aglaya Tarasova accused of?

• Actress Aglaya Tarasova was detained on August 28 at Domodedovo Airport when she was returning from Tel Aviv. During the baggage inspection, a vape with a dark brown substance was found in her suitcase, which turned out to be hashish oil weighing 0.38 g. On September 5, Tarasova appeared in court.

• The actress was charged under Part 1 of Article 229.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Drug smuggling"). The penalty under this article is imprisonment for a term of three to seven years and a fine of up to 1 million rubles. If the weight of the drug had exceeded 0.4 g, the charge would have been already under Part 2 of the same article, and the punishment would have been more severe.

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• In court, Tarasova explained that she had brought the drug to Russia because of a relative's diagnosis, and admitted that she had made a mistake. The actress also said that her grandfather and grandmother were in her care, who needed to be visited regularly, and asked for a measure of restraint not related to restriction of freedom.

The investigation demanded that the actress be given a preventive measure in the form of house arrest, but the court took into account that Tarasova voluntarily surrendered her passports, including the Israeli one, since she is a citizen of two countries. The court also took into account the participation of the actress since September 12 in three projects for which contracts have already been signed.

• The actress was given a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. In particular, Tarasova is forbidden to leave her home from 00:00 to 06:00, communicate with witnesses and use communication facilities. On October 30, the court extended these restrictions until January 24, 2026.

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• The hearing of her case on the merits is scheduled for November 5. The indictment is expected to be announced on that day.

Real estate and fees

• Daria-Aglaya Tarasova lives in a three-room apartment of 139 sq. m. with expensive renovation in the Presnensky district of Moscow, on Malaya Nikitskaya Street. The actress bought the property with a mortgage. The cost of luxury housing can be about 125 million rubles. According to some media reports, the monthly payment to the bank for it is about 1 million rubles. The actress also has a BMW 730LD sedan, the cost of which, depending on the configuration, varies from 6 million to 10 million rubles.

• The actress's fee can be about 300 thousand rubles per shooting day, and the cost of participation in the project can reach 19 million. In addition to filming TV series, the actress earns money by holding corporate events — as reported by Vitaly Borodin, head of the Federal Security and Anti-Corruption Project, the actress requests 3 million rubles per hour for holding a wedding.

What you need to know about Aglaya Tarasova

Aglaya Tarasova is the daughter of the famous actress Ksenia Rappoport and entrepreneur Viktor Tarasov. Currently, the actress' mother lives in Italy, in September she came to visit her daughter during the trial. My father lives in Tibet. Tarasova made her film debut in 2010, and her most famous works were the role of Sofia Kalinina in the TV series Interns and participation in the film Serf-2. In total, the actress starred in 50 films.

• After the arrest, it became known that Tarasova's name was removed from the cast list of the third film "The Lackey". Later, the producers of the film stated that her participation in the project was not originally planned. Despite rumors that the actress was blacklisted, officially no project refused to cooperate with Tarasova.