Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned famous blogger and TV presenter Valeria Cherkalina (Lerchek).
Modern.az reports that the Kremlin's press service released information about this.
It was stated that Lerchek was convicted in a case of illegally transferring millions of rubles abroad. She received a suspended sentence in that case. Later, the blogger was diagnosed with an oncological disease.
The pardon decree signed by Putin states:
“Guided by the principles of humanism, I decide: to pardon Valeria Valeryevna Cherkalina, born in 1992, to release her from the sentence imposed by the Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow on July 31, 2026, and to cancel her conviction. This decree comes into force from the date of its signing.”
The decree was published on the Kremlin's official website.
