For six hours on Friday, 5 August 2022, people around the world read out a seemingly endless list of those who were shot during Stalin's Great Terror in 1937-1938. Over six thousand men and women were executed at SANDARMOKH, one of Northwest Russia's biggest killing fields. I was asked to read some names where I … Continue reading Reading the names: Sandarmokh 2022
Trial
about arrest, investigation and trial – entire process
Dmitriev appeal hearing set for Wednesday, 9 March 2022
A hearing of the appeal against Yury DMITRIEV’s conviction in late December last year has been scheduled for 9 March 2022 at the High Court of Karelia. Curiously, the old link to the case on the Court’s website no longer works. Instead, you must search for it anew and can only find it by tracking … Continue reading Dmitriev appeal hearing set for Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Birthday greetings
"Today I took a parcel to my father and collected all your letters," writes Katya Klodt. "There were so many of them! Thank you very much." Tomorrow her father Yury DMITRIEV will spend another birthday in Karelia's detention centre No 1 in Petrozavodsk.
A Message to my Supporters
Petrozavodsk City Court, 27 December 2021
Waiting for the Verdict
Petrozavodsk City Court, 27 December 2021 About 15 members of the public have been admitted, reports Sasha Kononova: the BBC and Russia's NTV are filming; the official TASS news agency is there.
