Only three hearings to go?

4 March 201817 March 2018 / editors (JC)

"It’s very important to gather people for the last three hearings, we hope, at the Petrozavodsk city courthouse," wrote Daniil Saksonov on 2 March. The court would again hear the Dmitriev case on Wednesday, 14 March, and on Tuesday and Thursday, 20 and 22 March, respectively. "It would be a pity, you must agree, if … Continue reading Only three hearings to go?

“Scoundrels thought up this case” (Chudakova)

3 March 20189 December 2020 / editors (JC)

After her journey from Moscow to Petrozavodsk to express her support for Yury Dmitriev, the redoutable literary specialist MARIETTA CHUDAKOVA found time to give a public lecture on Memory, history textbooks and how "the present generation of idiots" in Russia was raising the next ... She also responded to questions from the media, as is … Continue reading “Scoundrels thought up this case” (Chudakova)

Serbsky Institute dismisses charges. Next hearing, 14 March

1 March 201813 May 2018 / editors (JC)

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

Serbsky verdict: Dmitriev sane, photos not pornographic

27 February 201813 May 2018 / editors (JC)

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

20 February 20184 March 2018 / editors (JC)

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