[1][2] SOTA was started by a former reporter of Grani.ru, Alexandra Ageeva, who created her own YouTube channel to cover the most dramatic events involving Russian opposition activities in Moscow.

[3] These included rallies in support of Alexei Navalny,[4][5] Bolotnaya Square case, and pickets condemning Russia's meddling in Ukraine.

[9] The resource also collaborates with a large journalist pool stationed outside the country, for example, in Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Ukraine and the USA.

[12] On 26 November 2021, Oleg Elanchik, chief editor, was proclaimed a foreign agent, a status close to extremism in modern Russia.

[18] In March 2024, Russian authorities arrested Antonina Favorskaya, who worked for Sota.vision and filmed the last video of Alexei Navalny before his death.

[20] In May 2022, Alexey Obukhov, a former employee, refused to return access to a number of resources of the publication, which was temporarily entrusted to him by the owner due to the move.