The lawyer stated that Lercek had difficulty buying things for children due to the seizure of bills.

Blogger Valeria Chekalina (Lerchek) lost the opportunity to buy things for her children due to the arrest of accounts in the case of illegal withdrawal of funds abroad. This was reported to Izvestia on January 19 by her lawyer Oleg Badma-Khalgaev.

"Her apartments, cars, and bills have been seized. Because of this, she can't even buy things for the children," he said.

Earlier that day, the court refused to return the jewelry and watches seized during the search to the blogger. Chekalina's lawyer claimed that she wanted to sell the jewelry in order to spend the proceeds on child support.

On November 24, 2025, the Gagarin Court of Moscow extended the house arrest of both Chekalina and her ex-husband Artyom for six months. At the same time, Lercek confirmed her pregnancy and named the child's father. It turned out to be choreographer Luis Squicciarini.

On December 1, Lercek pleaded not guilty to withdrawing funds abroad and noted that she did not understand the essence of the charges. In turn, the ex-spouse admitted that he was guilty of committing a tax crime, but had nothing to do with the withdrawal of funds from Russia.

The criminal case against Chekalina and her ex-husband was initiated in October 2024. They, along with an 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).

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