Vologda pardons commission has no pardon request from woman jailed over SMS messages to Georgia
VOLOGDA. Aug 11 (Interfax) - The Vologda region's pardons commission has not received any request for pardon from Inga Tutisani, who was convicted of treason over SMS messages to Georgia.
"I can say that the commission has not received any pardon requests from such a convict as of today. I have no such material," commission secretary Svetlana Sergeyeva told Interfax on Friday.
The pardoning procedure includes several stages, Sergeyeva said. A convict should fill out a pardon application and forward it to the administration of the penitentiary where they are being held. Afterwards, the penitentiary prepares a package of documents accompanying this request and sends them to the regional branch of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, which then forwards the documents to a pardons commission.
It was reported that Tutisani, Anik Kesyan and Marina Dzhandzhgava were convicted of treason for texting their friends in Georgia regarding open movement of military hardware in Sochi between 2013 and 2015. Kesyan was sentenced to eight years, Dzhandzhgava 12, and Tutisani six years of imprisonment.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, guided by principles of humanism, signed a decree on July 29 pardoning Kesyan and Dzhandzhgava. Both women have already been released from the penitentiary.
Tutisani continues serving her sentence in a penal colony in the Vologda region.
