Vladimir Putin pardoned Larchek (Valeria Chekalina), taking into account the blogger's serious illness and the presence of minor children, Dmitry Peskov 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 we are talking about a woman who is terminally ill, and also has minor children, and that was the reason for such a decision."
In response to the question of whether the fame of the blogger and the resonance surrounding the case influenced the decision of the pardon, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation stated that when making the decision, the head of state "was guided solely by considerations of humanity."
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