Petersburg to examine appeal by end of February

24 December 202025 December 2020 / editors (JC)

Evidently, there will be no hearing at the Petrozavodsk City Court today. Dmitriev’s attorney Victor Anufriev made the journey from Moscow to the Karelian capital and arrived at the courthouse at 10 am. There he waited outside closed doors until 11 am when he learned that Judge Khomyakova was hearing another case elsewhere in the … Continue reading Petersburg to examine appeal by end of February

Petersburg Court receives Appeal; third hearing in Petrozavodsk

24 December 20208 January 2021 / editors (JC)

A recent post on the website of the Petrozavodsk City Court reports that Yury DMITRIEV’s appeal of 21 December has been forwarded to the Third Cassation Court in St Petersburg. The appeal objects to the decisions handed down by the Supreme Court of Karelia on 29 September: Dmitriev’s term of imprisonment was increased almost fourfold … Continue reading Petersburg Court receives Appeal; third hearing in Petrozavodsk

Anufriev gives detail of Cassation Appeal

15 December 202027 January 2021 / editors (JC)

At the third attempt the Cassation Court in St Petersburg has allowed the appeal submitted by Yury DMITRIEV and his lawyer Victor Anufriev to go forward for examination. A report in the Kommersant newspaper (14 December 2020) quotes Anufriev as saying that DMITRIEV “had submitted one appeal against all the previous decisions reached by the … Continue reading Anufriev gives detail of Cassation Appeal

Trial halted?

3 December 202027 January 2021 / editors (JC)

At the third attempt the appeal made by Yury DMITRIEV and his defence attorney Victor Anufriev against the September 2020 decision of Karelia's High Court (to increase his sentence to 13 years imprisonment) has been accepted by the Third Cassation Court in St Petersburg. It will now receive the case materials and the various verdicts … Continue reading Trial halted?

“An outrageous decision”

2 October 202027 January 2021 / editors (JC)

The appeal hearings at the High Court of Karelia on 16, 22 and 29 September took place in the absence of Victor Anufriev who has been DMITRIEV’S defence attorney since 2016 (he is self-isolating because of Covid-19). In a telephone interview, Anufriev told Zoya Svetova that he had been in constant touch with the attorney … Continue reading “An outrageous decision”