The appeal hearings at the High Court of Karelia on 16, 22 and 29 September took place in the absence of Victor Anufriev who has been DMITRIEV’S defence attorney since 2016 (he is self-isolating because of Covid-19). In a telephone interview, Anufriev told Zoya Svetova that he had been in constant touch with the attorney … Continue reading “An outrageous decision”
Month: October 2020
The security services have had their way
Sergei Krivenko, Memorial board member, on the Karelian Supreme Court ruling. (He first made a statement about the case in 2017.) Different sides were in play here, I think. In the Petrozavodsk City Court, Dmitriev’s defence attorney was able to outplay the security services by bringing forward a mass of witnesses, experts and specialists and … Continue reading The security services have had their way
“I’ve not given up, I’m not dispirited, we’ll keep on fighting!”
On 29 September, the day of the new sentence, DMITRIEV sent the following letter from the detention centre to photojournalist Victoria Ivleva: Hi there, Vika! They gave me 13 [years] for [Article] 132, just as the prosecutor wanted, and set a new trial under a new judge for the charges of which I was acquitted … Continue reading “I’ve not given up, I’m not dispirited, we’ll keep on fighting!”
The Dmitriev Affair 