The appeal submitted against the December 2021 ruling by Russia's Supreme Court was turned down on Monday morning, 28 February 2022, in Moscow. A panel of judges heard the arguments of Memorial's lawyers supported and led by the famous defence attorney Genry Reznik against the organisation's closure. First, the Memorial defence team petitioned for the … Continue reading Memorial appeal against closure fails (February 2022)
Month: February 2022
Memorial appeal hearing today; and an anti-war concert
In late December Russia's Supreme Court ordered International Memorial to disband as an organisation, after 33 years existence. This morning Memorial's appeal against that ruling will be heard by the Court's appeals board. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l0bW2COtzU Following that hearing Memorial has organised a concert against the war being waged on Ukraine by Russia's land, sea and air … Continue reading Memorial appeal hearing today; and an anti-war concert
Putin (not “Russia”) wants a war with Ukraine
Dmitriev appeal hearing set for Wednesday, 9 March 2022
A hearing of the appeal against Yury DMITRIEV’s conviction in late December last year has been scheduled for 9 March 2022 at the High Court of Karelia. Curiously, the old link to the case on the Court’s website no longer works. Instead, you must search for it anew and can only find it by tracking … Continue reading Dmitriev appeal hearing set for Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Dmitriev on Solovki, 2005
Sergei Bykovsky today posted on Facebook a photo of Yury DMITRIEV in 2005 at Mount Sekirna on the Great Solovetsky Island. Dmitriev's little foster daughter Natasha was christened on that trip. That year Yury DMITRIEV received the new Golden Pen of Russia award for his publications about the building of the White Sea Canal in … Continue reading Dmitriev on Solovki, 2005
The Dmitriev Affair 