Yury Dmitriev was first arrested on 13 December 2016.

Briefly released in January 2018 and acquitted in April that year (Timeline One), he was again arrested in June 2018.

Charged with similar offences Dmitriev was put on trial two more times. He was convicted in July 2020 and sentenced to three years and six months imprisonment (Timeline Two). Two years of appeals and a new trial led to his conviction late in December 2021 to a 15-year sentence in a strict-regime labour camp (Appeals).

Dmitriev is currently being held in Mordovia, in Russia’s Volga District, where many Soviet political prisoners were imprisoned (CCE 33.4). If no further sentences are added (a terrible Soviet tradition) he is due to be freed in 2032.

Several contributors to the Dmitriev Case Facebook page have suggested that he should be prominent among political prisoners named for exchange releases.

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