On 21 November 2019 the text of a petition about Yury DMITRIEV was circulated in English and in Italian. The list of 268 signatories (in alphabetical order by surname) follows. The petition will remain open for additional signatures until 3 December 2019: Academics 1. Dott. Agnese Accattoli, Ricercatrice di lingua e traduzione russa, Università di … Continue reading Free Yury Dmitriev (Signatories)
Month: November 2019
Free Dmitriev!
With this letter we join the hundreds of Russian intellectuals, activists and citizens who have expressed their full support for Dmitriev and for others targeted with arrest and other intimidatory acts for their part in documenting the history of the USSR. We call for Dmitriev’s immediate release. He must be allowed to resume his research … Continue reading Free Dmitriev!
Child’s life destroyed, historians jailed, Soviet history rewritten
“Unacceptable and inhuman methods have been deployed: pressure on Dmitriev’s adopted daughter; manipulation of the child’s consciousness in order to get her to testify against a person close to her," say two hundred prominent Russians who have come out in defence of Yury DMITRIEV, writes Halya Coynash. The authors of the appeal, posted on 28 … Continue reading Child’s life destroyed, historians jailed, Soviet history rewritten
Film school put up new plaques as excavations continued
On 19 August 2019, when the barbarous excavations of the Military History Society were well under way, a large group of students from the Moscow International Film School arrived at Sandormokh. They brought with them 16 unique plaques they had made themselves, listing those shot and buried there, from first Solovki transport and the prisoners … Continue reading Film school put up new plaques as excavations continued
Court turns down lawyer’s petition
On Thursday 31 October 2019, the Petrozavodsk City Court turned down a petition by Yury DMITRIEV’S lawyer for a specialist assessment of the case materials to be repeated. At his second trial, Dmitriev stands accused of “violent acts of a sexual nature against an under-age victim”. His defence lawyer Victor Anufriev submitted the petition 4 … Continue reading Court turns down lawyer’s petition
The Dmitriev Affair 