Alexander was convicted in absentia of "insulting a government official" and "desecrating state symbols" in a criminal case opened in March 2021 on charges of participating in an "extremist group" - "Rudobelskaya Show-Off". He was sentenced to three months of arrest. However, on September 20, 2024, the Supreme Court overturned the sentence on appeal and sent the case back to the same court for review.
In December 2024, Alexander was tried under four articles of the Criminal Code. For the totality of the crimes, in accordance with Part 2 and 6 of Article 72 of the Criminal Code, by partially adding up the main punishments and adding an additional one, he was finally sentenced to seven years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony and a fine.
