Putin pardons blogger Lerkchek in record time, signaling return to showy clemency

Vladimir Putin pardoned blogger Valeria Chekalina (Lerkchek) two days after her petition, one of the fastest such decisions on record. The move signals a return to the Kremlin's practice of using high-profile pardons to burnish the regime's image, though the underlying rationale remains opaque.

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