Putin pardoned Larchek.
Putin signed an amnesty order for blogger Valeria Chekalina (Larchak), erasing her criminal record and freeing her from punishment.
At the end of July, the Gagrinsky court sentenced her to five years of probation and a fine of 763.5 million rubles in a case of illegal currency transactions, and also banned her from running websites for three years.
The investigation determined that from September 2021 to February 2022, Cheklina and her ex-husband Artyom sold fitness marathons. Together with their partner Roman Vishnyak, they transferred more than 251.5 million rubles to the United Arab Emirates, providing the bank with documents with false information.
Vishnyak made a deal with the investigation and received two and a half years, Chaklina was sentenced to seven years.
In February she was diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer. This week it was reported that she is undergoing a second course of chemotherapy.