Lercek's defense responded to the initiative of a second medical examination
The defense of blogger Valeria Chekalina (Lercek) calmly reacted to the prosecutor's office's initiative to conduct a second forensic medical examination. Lawyer Konstantin Tretyakov announced this on June 19.
"On June 17, the results of the next examination were received. Unfortunately, the serious illness has not gone away, the diagnosis has been confirmed. We are absolutely calm about the initiative of the supervisory authority," the message on the Telegram channel says.
It is noted that the official verification should put an end to this issue and put an end to the speculation and conspiracy theories appearing in the media.
In October 2024, the court sent Chekalina, her ex-husband Artyom and their business partner Roman Vishnyak under house arrest until November 26 in the case of illegal withdrawal of funds abroad. The defendants later appealed the decision. In the same month, Telegram channels reported violations of the conditions of the preventive measure by the Chekalins, but the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia denied this information. On October 31, the Chekalins filed three complaints against house arrest.
On March 16 of this year, the court released Chekalina from house arrest after confirming her cancer. In addition, due to her illness, it was allowed to suspend the judicial proceedings in the blogger's criminal case on her withdrawal of more than 250 million rubles in the UAE.
A source from Izvestia reported on June 17 that the prosecutor's office had sent a complaint to the Moscow court from a citizen who was dissatisfied with blogger Lerchek's activities at the gym after chemotherapy and spinal surgery, and she was asking for a re-examination. re-examination. From the materials available to Izvestia on June 19, it became clear that the criminal case of blogger Lercek had been transferred to another judge.
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