In early July 1997, DMITRIEV together with Irina Flige and the late Veniamin Joffe discovered a huge killing field of the Great Terror near Medvezhegorsk in Karelia. Subsequently it became known as Sandarmokh. Weeks later, in early September, he and Sergei Chugunkov identify the Krasny Bor killing field and burial ground not far from Petrozavodsk, … Continue reading Timeline (1), 1997-2008
Psychiatric assessment
Another look at those nine photographs?
At the High Court hearing on 22 September in Petrozavodsk, Judge Alla Rats requested another expert assessment of the photographs on Yury DMITRIEV’s home computer that formed the pretext for his arrest on 13 December 2016. From Nikita Girin’s detailed article this July in Novaya gazeta we have learned which among the 140 plus photographs … Continue reading Another look at those nine photographs?
Dmitriev’s mental state assessed. Yet again …
As part of the new investigation, Yury Dmitriev was sent to Hospital No 6 in St Petersburg where psychiatrists have been determining whether he is fit to stand trial and has not taken leave of his senses ... On Wednesday, 8 August, he was released from ward No 8 and will now return to Karelia … Continue reading Dmitriev’s mental state assessed. Yet again …
“I love with you all my heart”: Yury Dmitriev’s Final Word in court
Despite repeated forensic analysis to the contrary, the Russian historian has spent 13 months in pre-trial detention on child pornography charges (writes Natalia Shkurenok). On 27 March 2018, the final hearing was held in the prosecution of Russian historian and rights defender YURY DMITRIEV. Dmitriev, who has been instrumental in investigating Karelia’s Gulag past, was … Continue reading “I love with you all my heart”: Yury Dmitriev’s Final Word in court
Serbsky Institute dismisses charges. Next hearing, 14 March
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
The Dmitriev Affair 