The blogger Valeria Cheklina, known as Larchek, reported on her Instagram (owner of Meta company recognized as extremist in Russia and banned) that she received a foreign passport. In her video, she thanked the Federal Correctional Service, the Correctional Service and the Immigration Service for helping her obtain a passport. "This means that very soon it will be possible to fly to China," said the blogger. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order to pardon Chekalina on November 14. The document frees her from punishment and also clears her criminal record. The decree also states that the decision was made according to the principles of humanity. At the end of July, the Gagrinsky court in Moscow sentenced Larchek to five years of probation and a fine of approximately 763 million rubles. The blogger appealed the decision, but on November 5, the court in the city of Moscow left the main part of the sentence intact, after which the sentence entered into force. 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 discuss it in a separate procedure. On November 12, Larchek's lawyer, Konstantin Tretyakov, reported that his department had appealed to the President of Russia for a pardon.