19th June podcast on Rights in Russia "This week our podcast is devoted to the historian and head of the branch of Memorial in Karelia, Yury Dmitriev. [...] "Our guests are Irina Flige, human rights defender and director of the Memorial Scientific Research Centre (St. Petersburg), Anatoly Razumov, historian and expert on the Stalin-era repressions … Continue reading Flige, Razumov and Gullotta in discussion

Today's hearing of the DMITRIEV case produced one decision. He has been remanded in custody for a further month when his present term of detention ends on 25 June. Until now his treatment, throughout both trials, has been monotonously repetitive. Every time the usual three-month term of custody nears its end, the court has simply … Continue reading A month more in custody

The hope that Yury DMITRIEV, as in April 2018, might again be acquitted at the Tuesday, 16 June hearing prompted me to post a longish survey (over 1,000 words), summarising all the issues surrounding this complex affair: the charges, the fate of Sergei Koltyrin, the "new hypothesis" about Sandarmokh, and so on. There are numerous … Continue reading Correction: “Verdict later this summer”