This portrait of Yury DMITRIEV was recently produced by the artist Boris Zhutovsky. DMITRIEV has been in custody since December 2016, with only a brief period of liberty from January to June 2018 when he was allowed to live at home but not to leave Petrozavodsk. The portrait was evidently created from photos of the … Continue reading Portrait
Month: January 2022
Birthday greetings
"Today I took a parcel to my father and collected all your letters," writes Katya Klodt. "There were so many of them! Thank you very much." Tomorrow her father Yury DMITRIEV will spend another birthday in Karelia's detention centre No 1 in Petrozavodsk.
Sixty-six on 28 January 2022
Yury DMITRIEV will mark his 66th birthday at Karelia's Detention Centre No 1 in Petrozavodsk on Friday, 28 January this year. Yury DMITRIEV, b. 1956(his daughter Katya can be seen behind him) Photo from Inside Story, 13 January 2022 "Ο φύλακας της ρωσικής μνήμης που ζει σε σωφρονιστική αποικία"
January, February, March …
When will the verdict in the Dmitriev case come into force? (and the rulings about International Memorial and the Memorial Human Rights Centre) In posts issued, respectively, on 12 January ("What Next?" [R]) and 14 January 2022 ("What we are doing" [R]), the two Memorial organisations described what lies ahead and how they are coping … Continue reading January, February, March …
Memorial has not yet been “liquidated”
Until the rulings issued on 28-29 December 2021 come into force, neither International Memorial nor the Memorial Human Rights Centre (HRC) has been dissolved. The interval between the verdict and its implementation allows, as always, an opportunity for the accused to appeal. In Petrozavodsk, for instance, the City Court announced on 10 January that it … Continue reading Memorial has not yet been “liquidated”
The Dmitriev Affair 