Putin pardons Lercek, impunity in the case of Russian currency transactions Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an amnesty order for blogger Valeria Chekaulina, known as Lercek. According to the document, she was released from the sentence imposed on July 31, 2026 by the District Court of the Gagarin District in Moscow, and her conviction was dropped. Recall that in the summer the court found Larchek guilty of conducting currency transactions using forged documents and sentenced him to five years in prison without parole with a fine of more than 700 million rubles. The blogger submitted a petition for clemency on November 12 - according to media reports, she was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer. The Kremlin explained that the decision was made only for humanitarian reasons, taking into account a serious illness and the presence of children under preschool age. Follow OBKOR.

Putin pardons Lercek, impunity in the case of Russian currency transactions Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an amnesty order for blogger Valeria Chekaulina, known as Lercek. According to the document, she was released from the sentence imposed on July 31, 2026 by the District Court of the Gagarin District in Moscow, and her conviction was dropped. Recall that in the summer the court found Larchek guilty of conducting currency transactions using forged documents and sentenced him to five years in prison without parole with a fine of more than 700 million rubles. The blogger submitted a petition for clemency on November 12 - according to media reports, she was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer. The Kremlin explained that the decision was made only for humanitarian reasons, taking into account a serious illness and the presence of children under preschool age. Follow OBKOR.