Blogger's ex-husband Lercek has appealed his house arrest.

Former husband of blogger Lerchek (real name — Valeria Chekalina) Artyom appealed his house arrest in the case of the withdrawal of more than 250 million rubles from Russia. Information about this appeared on the website of the courts of general jurisdiction on March 12.

According to the case file, the court hearing is scheduled for March 17th.

On January 22, the Troitskiy District Court extended Artyom's house arrest until March 26. At the meeting, the defendant asked to soften the measure of restraint to prohibit certain actions. At the same time, the court extended the house arrest of Lercek herself for the same period.

The criminal case against the Chekalins was opened on October 2 last year. The ex-husband and wife, as well as their accomplice, were suspected of illegally withdrawing more than 250 million rubles from Russia to Dubai using forged documents (art. 193.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to the Izvestia source, the damage caused by the bloggers' crimes could exceed 500 million rubles.

The Chekalins were placed under house arrest on October 4, along with their business partner Roman Vishnyakov. Later, on November 25, the Troitsky Court in Moscow extended the house arrest of the ex-spouses, who are accused of illegally withdrawing funds abroad.