film director and screenplaywright https://youtu.be/UFLeAcW_wKs posted to YouTube on 22 November 2017 (Full text in Russian follows) "Я знаю наше правосудие. И, хотя я не знаю Юрия Алексеевича Дмитриева, я доверяю ему точно больше, чем нашему правосудию. У нашего правосудия в этом смысле "безукоризненная" репутация - доверять ему никак не возможно. Хотя, хотелось бы. А … Continue reading Oleg Dorman (video)
Year: 2017
“Why is Yury Dmitriev on trial?” RFI interviews Irina Flige (excerpt)
"Your colleague, Yury Dmitriev, is now on trial in Karelia," asks Radio France Internationale interviewer. "Many link the prosecution to his work for Memorial. What’s your view?" Well, everything in this world is connected, but sometimes there are direct links. In this case that is not exactly true. It would not be correct to say … Continue reading “Why is Yury Dmitriev on trial?” RFI interviews Irina Flige (excerpt)
Andrei Bilzho (video)
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Stalin’s long shadow
"In March 1953, after Stalin's death, the chief editor of the weekly Literaturnaya Gazeta Konstantin Simonov wrote that the main task of Soviet literature henceforth would be to understand Stalin's role in Russian history. He had no idea how right he would be!" writes Alexander Cherkasov. "It was literature that fostered the growth of interest … Continue reading Stalin’s long shadow
The man saving us all
"There are lives that seem remarkable, but if you look closely, you’ll see that another could have done as well," writes Russian author Sergei Lebedev. "There are lives, however, that are an ideal fit. You can’t imagine anyone else doing the same. Yury Dmitriev is one of those. "Journalists have called him Khottabych (or even … Continue reading The man saving us all
The Dmitriev Affair 