Alexandra Garmazhapova

Alexandra Garmazhapova

Journalist, President of the Free Buryatia Foundation

Previously worked as a correspondent for Novaya Gazeta in St. Petersburg and contributed to The New Times and Echo of Moscow. In 2022, was designated a “foreign agent” by Russian authorities and later placed on a wanted list under politically motivated charges. Founded the Free Buryatia Foundation in 2022 to support residents of Buryatia in refusing military contracts and avoiding combat participation in Ukraine.

8 Publications

Publications

8 publications

What Russia of the Future Should Learn from Asian Democracies

Lessons from Japan and South Korea for Russia’s Post-Authoritarian Renewal

Report Jan 12, 2026

Animal Welfare in Russia

Poisoned Bait, Abandoned Dogs and an Ineffective Law

Article Aug 18, 2021

Kremlin has simply no time for Russian regions

Regional Conflicts and Why the Opposition Should Pay More Attention to Them

Article Mar 31, 2017

“We cannot do it again”

Victory Day as a Personal Holiday, Not a Pretext for Pseudo-Patriotism

Article May 9, 2016

Kadyrov’s threats escalate

Western leaders who stay silent become “silent endorsers”

Article Feb 3, 2016

Putin a Victim of His Own Creation

Kadyrov’s Campaign Against the Opposition and the Kremlin’s Silence

Article Jan 28, 2016

How one law can deprive a little girl of a family: the anti-orphan law, 3 years after

The Story of a Girl With Down Syndrome and Her Would-Be American Family

Article Dec 28, 2015

Russian world that they sponsor

The World Congress of Compatriots and the Kremlin’s Spending Abroad

Article Nov 16, 2015