Sapa's editor-in-chief remains in custody on charges of bribing a police officer

The Moscow City Court upheld the arrest of Alina Dzhikayeva, editor-in-chief of Sapa Media, accused of bribing a police officer.

Journalists from North Ossetia previously wrote sureties for Dzhikayeva, but the court did not accept them.

As a reminder, on April 17, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow remanded Alina Dzhikayeva to pretrial detention for two months. The basis for her arrest, which took place on April 14 at her home in Vladikavkaz, was a charge of bribery. According to investigators, between 2020 and 2025, she conspired with an officer of the Makhachkala Department of Internal Affairs and transferred a total of 250,000 rubles. The purpose of the conspiracy was to obtain information about incidents in Dagestan and North Ossetia, including the personal data of citizens.

Dzhikaeva herself denies the charges. A police officer, a duty officer from Makhachkala, is also charged in the same criminal case with abuse of power and bribery. Unlike the editor, he confessed.

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