Russia’s Serbsky Institute has rejected any grounds for the charges against YURY DMITRIEV, renowned historian and Head of the Karelia branch of the Memorial Society. Even an institute notorious for its use of punitive psychiatry in Soviet times was not willing to take part in the politically motivated attempt to imprison Dmitriev for up to … Continue reading Serbsky Institute dismisses charges. Next hearing, 14 March
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Serbsky verdict: Dmitriev sane, photos not pornographic
At today's long-awaited court hearing, the first since YURY DMITRIEV returned from Moscow and was released from custody, the findings of the Serbsky Institute were made public: the court had required the institute to assess Dmitriev's mental state and the status of the photographs he took of his foster daughter Natasha. The specialists at the … Continue reading Serbsky verdict: Dmitriev sane, photos not pornographic
Court upholds Bochkaryova’s right to apartment
On Monday, 19th February, the Primorsky (Maritime) district court in the Archangelsk Region ruled in favour of OLGA BOCHKARYOVA in her dispute with the director of the Solovki Museum, Archimandrite Porfiry (Vladimir Shutov). This confirms her right of ownership to the two-room apartment where she and her daughter currently live: Bochkaryova does not own or … Continue reading Court upholds Bochkaryova’s right to apartment
“I’m trying to finish what’s most important” (part 6)
Yury Dmitriev, "My Path to Golgotha" (conclusion) I first met students from the Moscow Film School, it seems, at Sandarmokh. They had come for the Day of Remembrance on 5 August. As it happened, one of the buses I’d laid on was empty and they travelled on it to the graveyard and back. They were … Continue reading “I’m trying to finish what’s most important” (part 6)
Japanese daily’s two items about Dmitriev
The mass-circulation Japanese daily Sankei Shimbun opened a series of 80 articles to mark the centenary of the October 1917 Revolution with two items (25-26 October 2017) concerning the Dmitriev Affair: "The prisoners who disappeared. Over five days 1,111 people were shot in the forest" and "The historian who discovered where the victims of Stalin … Continue reading Japanese daily’s two items about Dmitriev
The Dmitriev Affair 