Yury Dmitriev in his Petrozavodsk apartment (photo, Hester den Boer) On Friday, 13 December 2016, the police knocked at the door and arrested the 60-year-old historian. Dmitriev has been held in custody ever since, at the city's Detention Centre No 1. In early June 2017 his trial began at the Petrozavodsk City Court (see Timeline). … Continue reading September 2016 – just before the arrest
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Dmitriev arrested after anonymous denunciation
Yury Dmitriev categorically denies he is guilty. He took photos of his 11-year-old adoptive daughter as a record of her state of health, said Sergei Krivenko, citing the words of Dmitriev's defence attorney Victor Anufriev. According to Krivenko, when Dmitriev adopted the girl [Natasha] she was very thin, one might say emaciated, and the adoption … Continue reading Dmitriev arrested after anonymous denunciation
To Prosecutor from Memorial
International Memorial SocietyKaretny Ryad, 5/10Moscow127006 Prosecutor of the Republic of Karelia185910 Republic of KareliaPetrozavodsk4, German Titov Street 16 December 2016 Dear Mr Prosecutor, On 13 December the local historian and public figure Yury Dmitriev was detained in Petrozavodsk. We have known Yury Alexeyevich Dmitriev for many years as a researcher into the … Continue reading To Prosecutor from Memorial
Historian Dmitriev arrested and jailed
The chairman of the Karelian branch of Memorial, Yury Dmitriev, one of the discoverers of Sandarmokh and a founder of its memorial complex, was arrested at his flat on Friday, 13 December. His computer and mobile phone were confiscated and the same day the adoption agency took Dmitriev's 11-year-old adopted daughter from school. The day … Continue reading Historian Dmitriev arrested and jailed
The Dmitriev Affair 