Alekseeva spoke about Putin’s promise to pardon ex-senator Izmestyev
The head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Lyudmila Alekseeva, said that at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, she asked to pardon ex-senator from Bashkiria Igor Izmestyev, reports . RIA Novosti “I said - this is not a gift, this is a request, do a good deed: have mercy on Igor Izmestyev ... Because pardon is not an act of justice, it is an act of mercy,” Alekseeva said. According to the human rights activist, Putin agreed.