His page on the Cambridge website, as well as his Twitter account, also use "Aleksandr". So far, there are multiple examples shared on this thread of him being

His page on the Cambridge website, as well as his Twitter account, also use "Aleksandr". So far, there are multiple examples shared on this thread of him being referred to as Aleksandr and none of "Alex". Do you have _any_ source indicating that he prefers to go by the latter, let alone enough to conclude that there's a racist conspiracy afoot? > It’s the same reason Fox News says “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez” instead of the more common “AOC.” Wouldn't you expect a news organization to use the full name for a politician instead of a colloquial term, regardless of how they feel about them? They don't say RBG either for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, despite the fact that Internet conversations use it heavily. I know this is a radical viewpoint these days, but it turns out that not literally everything is about race.