No charges over blocked doctor visits for blogger
After repeatedly extending the review period, law enforcement authorities have not identified violations in the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs investigator regarding blogger Valeria Chekalina's case.
Consensus
- No criminal charges were filed against the investigator from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
- The investigation found no violations in the investigator's actions.
- The decision not to open a criminal case was based on multiple checks and reviews.
- The investigator was cleared of allegations of obstructing medical visits during house arrest.
- The case was closed due to lack of evidence of misconduct, including no proven causal link to the claims.
- Valeria Chekalyina, known as Lerchek, was previously sentenced to a conditional prison term for illegal transfer of over 250 million rubles abroad.
- All investigators involved in the case passed polygraph tests.
- The investigator denied any involvement in the disappearance of luxury jewelry and watches worth 14.4 million rubles.
Points of divergence
- The investigator Tulyupov was previously charged with abuse of power and was requested by the court to be placed under house arrest, but the prosecutor canceled the case the same day. — gazeta_spb
- 22 sets of jewelry were seized during a search in Chekalyina's home in February, and part of them went missing by October, with a total value of 14.4 million rubles. — gazeta_spb
- The investigator was not allowed to visit private clinics, but all visits to state medical facilities were permitted. — riamo
- Chekalyina refused to take a polygraph test. — riamo
- The case against the investigator for abuse of power related to missing items worth 14.4 million rubles was dismissed by the city prosecutor, and the court refused to place the investigator under house arrest. — riamo
Coverage (3 sources)
- Check did not reveal violations in the investigator's actions in the Lertch case - SPB Newspaper - Saint Petersburg news — Gazeta.SPb
- Law enforcement will not file a case against the investigator Lerchek who did not let him go to the oncologist — РИАМО
- In actions of investigator allegedly not letting Lertch to doctor, violations were not found — Вести
Key entities
- MVD
- Lerchek
- TASS
- Valeriya Chekalina
- Moscow
- Lerchek Law Enforcement
- SPB RU - St. Petersburg Investigator News
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