Artema Chekalina

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Artem Chekalin, former husband of blogger Valeria Chekalin (Lerchek), was sentenced to seven years in a penal colony and fined 194 million rubles for alleged money laundering through falsified documents to companies in the UAE, involving over 250 million rubles. He is currently serving his sentence at Moscow's pre-trial detention center SIZO-2 'Butyrka', where he has been reported to attend the gym and request permission to visit a church. His case is under appeal, with Moscow City Court set to review the appeal after delays due to improper notification. Prosecutors have urged the court to up…

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