YURY DMITRIEV’s lawyer, Victor Anufriev, expects a verdict in his second trial at the end of February 2020. The prosecution and defence are currently giving their final statements. The present trial began in October 2018 and has proceeded even more slowly than the first. Less is known about what has been going on behind closed … Continue reading Verdict expected in February 2020
Trial
about arrest, investigation and trial – entire process
Child’s life destroyed, historians jailed, Soviet history rewritten
“Unacceptable and inhuman methods have been deployed: pressure on Dmitriev’s adopted daughter; manipulation of the child’s consciousness in order to get her to testify against a person close to her," say two hundred prominent Russians who have come out in defence of Yury DMITRIEV, writes Halya Coynash. The authors of the appeal, posted on 28 … Continue reading Child’s life destroyed, historians jailed, Soviet history rewritten
Court turns down lawyer’s petition
On Thursday 31 October 2019, the Petrozavodsk City Court turned down a petition by Yury DMITRIEV’S lawyer for a specialist assessment of the case materials to be repeated. At his second trial, Dmitriev stands accused of “violent acts of a sexual nature against an under-age victim”. His defence lawyer Victor Anufriev submitted the petition 4 … Continue reading Court turns down lawyer’s petition
“We rule here”
Reads the placard to the left ... "This is our cenotaph," (reads the placard on the right). 17 August 2019 (photo, Alina Shevchenko) A protest by the "Party of the Dead" against renewed excavations at Sandarmokh by the Russian Military History Society. "Anyone who doesn't accept the official version of history is a paedophile"
Defence experts cross-examined
On 23 July, in a closed session at the city court in Petrozavodsk, two psychologists were questioned as expert witnesses for the defence in the second Dmitriev trial. Victor Anufriev, the defence attorney, said that their responses were very important for the case. It was the third time the experts have made the journey north … Continue reading Defence experts cross-examined
