A few suggestions

29 December 201729 December 2017 / editors (JC)

To followers of the “Dmitriev Affair” [R] Facebook page

Yury Dmitriev is now in Moscow, in custody (temporarily) at Butyrka Prison. He should be transferred after the holidays [on 2 January] to the Serbsky Institute where he will undergo the examination scheduled by the court.

Тhis procedure is expected to take 30 days. The final decision reached by the court will depend on the objectivity of this [psychiatric] assessment. As everyone realises, there are risks involved. There are also now real prospects that Yury Dmitriev will be released. Continue reading →

Dmitriev transferred to Moscow for psychiatric assessment

29 December 201713 May 2018 / editors (JC)

On Thursday, 28 December 2017, YURY DMITRIEV was transferred to Moscow, under guard, to be assessed at the Serbsky Institute.

The report was confirmed that day by VICTOR ANUFRIEV, Dmitriev’s defence attorney. No one had informed the lawyer; he learned of the transfer on Thursday after it had happened. Dmitriev flew into Moscow under escort about 4.30 pm. Continue reading →

Keeping informed

29 December 201728 January 2018 / editors (JC)

For a quick update, read Halya Coynash’s overview of the case since 13 December 2016, The Case so Far.

Events are still unfolding. Look at the Home Page for subsequent developments. For more detailed guidance on the website’s resources, see the About page.

JC, 29 December 2017

Prosecution turns to punitive psychiatry as trial collapses

28 December 201713 May 2018 / editors (JC)

A second expert assessment has effectively overturned the entire case against YURY DMITRIEV, renowned Russian historian and head of the Karelia branch of Memorial (writes Halya Coynash).

There is no immediate sign that this judicial travesty is ending, with the prosecutor immediately demanding yet another assessment of the photos which experts found no pornographic content in, and that Dmitriev be placed for ‘tests’ in a psychiatric institution. The court agreed to both, however did reject the prosecutor’s application for a further three months in detention. Whether Dmitriev will be released on 28 January 2018, his 62nd birthday, remains to be seen, given the clear attempts underway to save the prosecution. Continue reading →

This New Year’s Eve

28 December 201729 December 2017 / editors (JC)

Dear Friends!

I propose that on New Year’s Eve, this year as last, we raise our first toast — or say our first prayer — for YURY DMITRIEV. May he feel the warmth of our good wishes where he is at that moment.

May the Light shine in the Darkness: let not the Darkness envelope him.

OLGA KERZINA
Moscow International Film School