Lerchek the amnesty recorded a video message to President Putin. On November 10, Cheklina's lawyers contacted the Federal Correctional Service, asking to return her passport and allow her to travel to China for cancer treatment. Before that, the travel issue was discussed in court, but it was decided to consider it as part of a separate procedure. On November 12, Larchek's lawyer Konstantin Tretyakov reported that his department had appealed to the President of Russia with a request for amnesty.