Artem Chekalin, former husband of blogger Valeria Chekalin (Lerchek)
Artem Chekalin, former husband of blogger Valeria Chekalin (Lerchek), is serving a seven-year prison sentence in Moscow's pre-trial detention center (SIZO-2 'Butyrka') after being convicted of illegal currency operations involving over 250 million rubles. He is reported to be in good health and has access to the prison gym and plans to visit the prison church.
Consensus
- Artem Chekalin is serving a seven-year prison sentence for illegal currency operations.
- The crime involved transferring funds to non-resident accounts using forged documents.
- Chekalin is held in Moscow's SIZO-2 'Butyrka'.
- He has access to the prison gym and is in good health.
- Chekalin has been granted the right to visit the prison church.
- His former wife, Valeria Chekalin (Lerchek) (also known as LERCHek), was sentenced separately to five years of conditional imprisonment.
- The case involved illicit financial operations related to fitness marathons.
Points of divergence
- Chekalin has no complaints about detention conditions and is housed with two fellow inmates convicted of economic crimes. — vesti
- Chekalin was initially sent to SIZO 'Kaptonya' after the verdict before being transferred to 'Butyrka'. — vm
- Chekalin's defense has appealed the verdict. — vm
- Chekalin's children cried during an interview when asked about their father. — vm
- Lerchek discussed her oncological illness in an interview with journalist Nadezhda Strelets. — vm
- The court sentenced Chekalin to seven years in prison and a fine of 194.5 million rubles. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Artem Chekalin visits the gym at 'Butyrka' and has no complaints — Вести
- Blogger Artem Chekalin's lawyer told about his condition in the pre-trial detention center — Вечерняя Москва
Key entities
- Artema Chekalina
- Butyrka
- Moscow
- Pre-trial detention center
- Konstantin Tretiakov
- TASS
- Advocate
- Super
- ONK
- Prison No. 2
- СИЗО No2
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