Putin pardons blogger Larchek.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an amnesty order for blogger Valeria Chekalina (Lerchek).
According to the document, Cheklina was released from the sentence imposed by the court on July 31, 2026. The criminal record against her was cleared.
At the end of July, the Gagrinsky District Court in Moscow sentenced Cheklina to five years of probation in the case of withdrawing money from Russia. She was also fined 765 million rubles. In her last word, she asked the court not to impose a fine, as she would not have anything to pay for it.
According to investigators, Larchek and her husband Artem, whom they later divorced, used forged documents to withdraw money from Russia to escape.