Putin congratulates the blogger Larchek, who was convicted of tax evasion.
An order to this effect was published on November 14 on the Kremlin website.
Guided by the principles of humanity, I decide to pardon Valeria Valeryevna Cheklina, born in 1992, releasing her from the sentence imposed on July 31, 2026 by the Gagrinsky District Court in Moscow, erasing her criminal record.
– says the wording of the decree.
The document enters into force from the date of its signing.
Valeria Cheklina (blogger Larchek), who became famous thanks to fitness marathons, in 2023, together with her ex-husband Artem Cheklin, got involved in a criminal case for tax evasion worth 311 million rubles, which was closed after full payment of debts and fines amounting to over 500 million rubles. In the fall of 2024, a new criminal case was opened against the former spouses - they were accused of illegally withdrawing more than 250 million rubles abroad using forged documents when paying for marathons. On July 31, 2026, a court in Moscow sentenced her to five years of probation with a fine of 763.5 million rubles. Her ex-husband got seven years in the same case.
Photo: Sergey Sebastianov / TASS.
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