The Dmitriev Affair

1 March 201718 August 2025 / editors (JC)

Anna Yarovaya, 7x7 news website 12 March, technically speaking, was the last day in custody for historian Yury DMITRIEV during investigation of the accusations made against him. The 61-year-old researcher has now spent almost three months in Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1 in Petrozavodsk. During this time, solo pickets supporting Dmitriev have been held on … Continue reading The Dmitriev Affair

Presidential council monitoring case

13 February 201715 August 2025 / editors (JC)

During a joint meeting with the Human Rights Council of Karelia SERGEI KRIVENKO, a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, announced that members of the Council's "Standing Committee on Precedents" are monitoring the case of Yury Dmitriev, head of the Karelian branch of Memorial, against whom pornography charges have been … Continue reading Presidential council monitoring case

“What does Memorial have to hide?”

10 January 20174 December 2021 / editors (JC)

On 10 January 2017 while the charges against Yury DMITRIEV were still being investigated the nationwide, State-funded Rossiya-24 TV channel broadcast a 13-minute report entitled "What does the Memorial Society have to hide?" https://youtu.be/458tWi0GRZE It talked about the International Memorial Society based in Moscow which has been officially designated a "foreign agent" since October 2016. … Continue reading “What does Memorial have to hide?”