The President pardoned two people convicted of text messages about Russian troops

Putin pardoned Marina Dzhandzhgava and Annik Kesyan convicted of texting about the movement of Russian troops during the conflict with Georgia. Decrees on this are published on the official portal of legal information.

In 2013, the Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced Dzhandzhgava to 12 years in prison for high treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). Kesyan was sentenced to 8 years in 2015. Both women wrote messages to their acquaintances in Georgia that they saw the movement of Russian military equipment shortly before the start of the war with Georgia.

In April, they were suddenly urgently transferred to Moscow and placed in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center.

On March 7, Putin pardoned Oksana Sevastidi, another woman convicted of high treason over text messages, and she was released on March 12.