Mediazona reports from Karelia [R] that the Petrozavodsk City Court today added two years to Yury DMITRIEV's sentence for offences of which he was previously twice acquitted. (photo, Alla Konstaninova, Mediazona)
Month: December 2021
Waiting for the Verdict
Petrozavodsk City Court, 27 December 2021 About 15 members of the public have been admitted, reports Sasha Kononova: the BBC and Russia's NTV are filming; the official TASS news agency is there.
This very night
DMITRIEV's friends and supporters from Moscow and Petersburg and his defence attorney Victor Anufriev are travelling north to Petrozavodsk to hear the announcement later this morning, writes Alla Shmaina-Velikanova. Meanwhile, In Petrozavodsk Yury DMITRIEV and his family and friends are waiting for the morning. So are the city’s devout old men and women, outside the … Continue reading This very night
Pickets in Moscow
Tatyana Pletnyova and Said Tangri demanded freedom for Yury DMITRIEV on 26 December 2021 in central Moscow. They stood in front of the statue of Bulat Okudzhava, off Gorky Street.
WHY DMITRIEV? (2)
See Why Dmitriev? (1) On 27 December 2021, the Petrozavodsk City Court in Karelia will deliver its third verdict in the case of Yury DMITRIEV. The highest court in the land remains silent; lawyers from Memorial’s Human Rights Centre have submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. “Child Pornography” The … Continue reading WHY DMITRIEV? (2)
The Dmitriev Affair 