Dmitriev recognized New Righteous of the Nations

2 December 202318 August 2025 / editors (JC)

Yury DMITRIEV, renowned historian of the Soviet Terror, Head of the Karelia branch of Memorial and Russian political prisoner has been named one of the new Righteous to be honoured on the European Day of the Righteous on 6 March 2024. Yury Dmitriev (b. 1956) (photo, Anna Artyemeva) This is the latest of very many … Continue reading Dmitriev recognized New Righteous of the Nations

On another front, pt 2

31 October 202318 August 2025 / editors (JC)

To judge by reports on the internet, the Day in Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression was not commemorated at the surviving memorial in Vladimir yesterday. Instead, the governor broadcast a sombre speech to the Vladimir Region; his words were illustrated by a monument in Siberia (Irkutsk). “Remember us all, O Motherland, innocent victims. … Continue reading On another front, pt 2

On another front (2023)

30 October 202318 August 2025 / editors (JC)

On 21 October 2023 it was reported that a memorial to “the victims of Soviet repression” had been demolished in Vladimir. Yet it was not the city’s only memorial of the kind. In 2021, a gathering led by the local Memorial Society and supported by city authorities was held on the Day of Remembrance for … Continue reading On another front (2023)

Memorial raided, Oleg Orlov charged (March 2023)

23 March 202318 August 2025 / editors (JC)

The Russian authorities have carried out mass raids and searches of the office of the Memorial Society and its members, writes Halya Coynash on the website of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG). Orlov protest in central Moscow (2022)"A crazed Putin is pushing the world towards nuclear war" Veteran activist and Memorial co-chairman Oleg … Continue reading Memorial raided, Oleg Orlov charged (March 2023)

“We shall survive” (Dmitriev)

18 March 202218 March 2022 / editors (JC)

A letter from Yury Dmitriev Two days after being sentenced to 15 years in a strict-regime penal colony, Yury DMITRIEV wrote to veteran rights activist Lena Sannikova. Recently she published an excerpt on the Facebook page of his supporters: “In my last words to the court I said I was proud to work with Memorial. … Continue reading “We shall survive” (Dmitriev)