Request for the transfer of Sapieha, convicted in Belarus, to Russia will be submitted soon

“We will ask that she be sent to serve her sentence in the Russian Federation,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Gashinsky added that in this case, Sapieha would be able to turn to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request for release.

“We will submit a request in the near future,” the lawyer emphasized.

Earlier, Sapieha's stepfather said that the Russian woman was denied pardon.

In May 2022, 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.