The Dmitriev Affair, 2016-2021
A full summary of the twists and turns of this by now internationally famous case was recently given, offering an analysis of what has happened so far and why. The following, all cited in that summary, are probably the four most important and informative articles and interviews about the case (each has been translated from Russian):
Two Interviews with DMITRIEV attorney Victor Anufriev:
- “A photo of a naked child is not pornography”, 7×7 news website, December 2016,
- “Two hundred indecent questions”, Radio France Internationale, 28 December 2018
Two articles that provide comprehensive accounts of the evidence and testimony at both trials:
- Nikita Girin, “What we’ve uncovered”, parts 1 & 2, Novaya gazeta, 22 July 2020
- Irina Levontina interview, “Natasha stood firm”, MBK News, September 2020
The slow progress of the two trials (it took only seven months to arrest and convict DMITRIEV’s colleague Sergei Koltyrin) can be followed on Timelines One & Two. A subsequent timeline traces the Appeals process since September last year.
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