A protest on the banks of the Neva Daniel Kotsubinsky's placard reads, "Let Yury Dmitriev go, Kremlin! You've tormented him enough!" He stands in St Petersburg in front of one of Mikhail Shemyakin's two sphinxes, creatures displaying a woman's face to the roadside, a grinning skull on the side facing the Kresty Prison across the … Continue reading Stop tormenting Yury Dmitriev
Month: February 2021
Next stop, Moscow?
The Petersburg ruling On Tuesday 16 February the Third Cassation Court in St Petersburg heard Yury DMITRIEV’s appeal against the ruling of the High Court of Karelia. The court did not uphold the appeal and left unchanged the harsh sentence of 13 years in a strict-regime penal colony. As Memorial reported, the consuls of Poland … Continue reading Next stop, Moscow?
Today in St Petersburg
Appeal hearing at the Third Cassation Court The appeal against the September ruling of the Karelian High Court will be heard by the Third Cassation Court in St Petersburg today. The 45-minute hearing begins at 11.15 am and the media will be admitted. This hearing concerns the many procedural violations committed by the High Court … Continue reading Today in St Petersburg
A solitary protest in Petrozavodsk
Saturday, 6 February 2021 Despite a daytime temperature of minus 16 degrees Centigrade, Vladimir Malegin went and stood at the University bus stop on Student Boulevard in Petrozavodsk, a solitary picket in support of Yury DMITRIEV. Malegin's placard reads: "Freedom for the political prisoner Dmitriev!" Someone sitting in a vehicle parked by the main building … Continue reading A solitary protest in Petrozavodsk
The Dmitriev Affair 