Any Updates on Abakarova?

Has the investigation concluded?

Any updates on whether her ban from chess has become permanent?

Any word on criminal charges?

Several sources indicate that the prosecutor's office declined to initiate a criminal investigation, citing insufficient evidence. In an interview, Umayganat Omarova stated that the Russian Chess Federation had indicated that Abakarova would face a lifetime disqualification if the investigation were to prove her guilt..... This situation raises questions about the handling of the case and the potential consequences for Abakarova.
«Боюсь вскрывать конверты»: жизнь отравленной дагестанской шахматистки превратилась в ад - МК 

The poisoned chess pieces?

So in other words, the justice system in Russia is just as bad as ours here in the United States.

She should be banned from FIDE outright! What she did, whether she knows it or not, was attempted murder! Mercury poisoning can be deadly, and the camera shows it. See any of many videos on the internet from August.

Yes, she was the one that was smearing the mercury poisoning on the White pieces of the board that her rival was about to play on (I presume she must have had White that round). That could have killed her, just via inhalation of the poison.