Putin pardoned the blogger Larchek because of her children and her serious illness, Peskov said.
Vladimir Putin made the decision "for purely humanitarian reasons," his press secretary told TASS.
It is clear that the economic damage to the country was very great. But at the same time, it was taken into account, first of all, that this is a woman with a terminal illness, and also that she has minor children, and this was the reason for such a decision.
- explained Dmitry Peskov.
On November 14, Putin signed an amnesty order for blogger Larchek, who was convicted of tax evasion. She was acquitted and her criminal record was cleared.
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.
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