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”
Appeal (judicial)
A “demonstratively unlawful” decision
Interviewed this morning on Echo Moskvy radio station, DMITRIEV's defence attorney Victor Anufriev since December 2016 said he would appeal against the new sentence. ... this sentence, in my view, is demonstratively unlawful. This is the THIRD time there has been a judicial hearing, and it's the only occasion on which the court totally ignored … Continue reading A “demonstratively unlawful” decision
“It’s effing unbelievable” (Prudovsky)
The proceedings at today's hearing of the Supreme Court effectively placed NKVD officers who had engaged in torture during the Great Terror on the same footing as the officers of today's FSB, entitling them to the same degree of confidentiality regarding their identity (see "Judges" and Executioners, pt 2). Lawyer Marina Agaltsova and plaintiff Sergei … Continue reading “It’s effing unbelievable” (Prudovsky)
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
“Unprecedented”
At present there is a lull in the judicial proceedings. His lawyer Victor Anufriev says that the case files for both of Dmitriev’s trials remain in Moscow with the Supreme Court. On 19 October Anufriev challenged the decision of the Court not to examine the appeal he submitted on his client’s behalf in June this … Continue reading “Unprecedented”
The Dmitriev Affair 