The Dmitriev Affair, 2016-2021 A full summary of the twists and turns of this by now internationally famous case was recently given, offering an analysis of what has happened so far and why. The following, all cited in that summary, are probably the four most important and informative articles and interviews about the case (each … Continue reading Essential Reading
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He deserves a medal for what he’s done! [2]
The current threat to Memorial’s existence, alarming as it is, might have come several years earlier had the trial of a little-known historian in provincial Petrozavodsk gone as planned. Those who have orchestrated the sustained persecution of Yury Dmitriev no doubt calculated that the simultaneous assault on his reputation and that of Memorial could not … Continue reading He deserves a medal for what he’s done! [2]
Keeping track of the case
A new page has been added to the TRIALS menu (above). APPEALS, Aug. 2020-Nov. 2021 now follows TIMELINE 1 (1997-2018) and TIMELINE 2 (2018-2020). The CHARGES page has two essential reports that reveal much of what went on behind closed doors during the first two trials: Nikita Girin's long and informative article (in two parts) … Continue reading Keeping track of the case
“Judges” and Executioners [2]
In February 2021 after a visit to Petrozavodsk reporters eagerly repeated [Postscript] a suggestion of DMITRIEV’s 88-year-old acquaintance Alexander Selyutsky that the historian might have upset a local relative or descendant of the “Judges” or Executioners of 1937-1938: “He not only came across those who were arrested: the executioners were also named in those documents.” … Continue reading “Judges” and Executioners [2]
“He deserves a medal for what he did!” [1]
Over the past five years Yury DMITRIEV has become known far beyond his native Karelia, throughout Russia and around the world. Dmitriev with his foster daughter Natasha, b. 2005 (photo Novaya gazeta) He has received prizes since his first arrest in December 2016, from the Moscow Helsinki Group and most recently the Norwegian Sakharov Award. … Continue reading “He deserves a medal for what he did!” [1]
