“Last week, the lawyer brought in a prepared petition for Sophia, so that she would submit it through the administration of the colony to the pardon commission,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Gashinsky added that the petition was submitted to the administration of the colony.

Earlier, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced the possibility of transferring the convicted Russian woman Sofya Sapega to the Russian side.

A court in Belarus sentenced Sapega to six years in prison.

The Russian woman was charged with a number of crimes, including inciting social hatred and discord, organizing violence and threatening to use it against an employee of the internal affairs bodies, interfering in the activities of an employee of the internal affairs bodies.