The verdict and sentence in the third Dmitriev trial will not be announced until 11 am on 27 December. That’s the latest news from Petrozavodsk (thanks to Sasha Kononova).

Yury Alexeyevich DMITRIEV (b. 1956)

Earlier she reported that the defence had offered its concluding remarks today. Defence attorney Roman Masalyev was due to join Victor Anufriev. Then Yury DMITRIEV would say his FINAL WORDS to the court.