"Over the years of his work Yury Dmitriev became not only a splendid field researcher. He also became unique and unsurpassed as a kind of harvester of archives," Alexander Daniel (Memorial). This led to entirely unique results. You know the phrase that everyone always quotes, that line of Akhmatova's Requiem – "I'd like to call … Continue reading He woke the Dragon
Day: 12 June 2017
A political prosecution
In February SERGEI KRIVENKO travelled to Karelia, as a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, to monitor the case of YURY DMITRIEV. In early June he talked to ZOYA SVETOVA. *** Yury Dmitriev is a very well-known person. He is an independent historian, the creator of Books of Remembrance, and … Continue reading A political prosecution
Dmitriev should be acquitted
... says his defence attorney Victor Anufriev. His client is accused of making pornographic pictures of his adopted daughter. Two more offenses (“Committing acts of debauchery” and “illegal possession of basic firearm parts”) were later added to that charge. A programme “What the Memorial Society is Hiding” was broadcast on the Russia-24 TV channel … Continue reading Dmitriev should be acquitted
The Dmitriev Affair 