Putin pardoned Larchek.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an amnesty order for the cancer blogger Larchek, who was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence in the case of illegal transfers of millions of dollars abroad. "Guided by the principles of humanity, I order: to pardon Valeria Valeryna Chakalina, born in 1992, to release her from the sentence imposed on July 31, 2026 by the Gagrinsky District Court in Moscow, to erase her criminal record. This order comes into effect from the date of its signing," the document reads.
The blogger's lawyer, Konstantin Tretyakov, reported on November 12 that his client had filed an appeal for the pardon addressed to the President of Russia. On July 31, the Gagrinsky Court in Moscow considered behind closed doors the case of Cheklina, who pleaded guilty to illegal currency transactions related to the sale of her fitness marathons, and sentenced her to five years of probation. In addition, she was fined 763,573,551 rubles, and for three years she was banned from promoting her brand on the Internet.