The hearing at Karelia's High Court of defence and prosecution appeals against the 22 July verdict in the DMITRIEV trial will go ahead tomorrow despite the absence of Victor Anufriev, the attorney who has led Dmitriev's defence since December 2016. Postponed for a week at Anufriev's request (he is self-isolating), the hearing will begin at … Continue reading Hearing goes ahead — without Anufriev
Month: September 2020
Natasha “held firm: she did not utter a single unnecessary word”
Irina Levontina, expert linguist at the Dmitriev trial, talks to Zoya Svetova for MBK Media about her work on the case and the pressures now faced by court experts. Irina Levontina Read More ...
Further Revelations
In the weeks since the July verdict in Yury DMITRIEV's trial we have learned more about the nature of the evidence and the tactics of the investigators and prosecution than in all the preceding months, from October 2018 and July 2020. In “What We’ve Uncovered”, two long articles published in July by Novaya gazeta, Nikita … Continue reading Further Revelations
Hearing Postponed
At defence lawyer Victor Anufriev's request, the hearing of appeals against the verdict in the Dmitriev case has been postponed a further week until 22 September 2020.
A Time to Speak Out
Today the Supreme Court of Karelia is hearing appeals from prosecution and defence against the verdict pronounced at Yury DMITRIEV’s trial on 22 July this year. The prosecution has slightly “softened” its demands: now it is asking not for 15 but 13 years' imprisonment. The defence, as before, demands that Dmitriev be cleared of all … Continue reading A Time to Speak Out
The Dmitriev Affair 