Larchek, whom the court sentenced to 5 years of probation and a fine of 763.5 million rubles for withdrawing funds to the United Arab Emirates, appealed to Vladimir Putin for clemency, to her lawyer Konstantin Tretyakov.
In February, Chekalina was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer. In the fall, the disease began to progress, she began a second course of chemotherapy, and the doctors recommended that she consider the possibility of CAR-T cell therapy in China.
Her defense appealed to the court and the Federal Correctional Service to allow the blogger to travel to China for treatment.
"Valeria wrote an appeal for amnesty addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin," said the lawyer.
He explained that according to the law, the convict sends requests of this type through the administration of the colony or the pre-trial detention center where he is serving his sentence, since Chaklina received a suspended sentence, the request was submitted via the Internet - the presidential reception and sent to the Federal Correctional Service.