Larchek asked Putin for a pardon on the grounds of a serious illness.
The blogger Valeria Chekalina appealed to the President of Russia for a pardon. The blogger was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer.
Previously, the court sentenced Chaklina to five years of probation in the case of withdrawing 250 million rubles to the United Arab Emirates. In addition, she was fined 763.5 million rubles and banned from promoting her brand online for three years.
The blogger's lawyer said it would take her a thousand years to pay the fine.
- We need to give her a second chance.
- The law is the same for everyone.