Yesterday evening Sasha Kononova reported on the Dmitriev Supporters Facebook Page (7,800 followers) that the court-appointed attorney did not turn up yesterday to take on the defence of Yury DMITRIEV at the Petrozavodsk City Court. The city Bar Assocation, apparently, ruled his participation improper. Today it is expected that Victor Anufriev, Dmitriev's attorney since 2016, … Continue reading Attorney was a no-show
Trial
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Trial resumes. Anufriev cannot attend
Several hearings in Yury DMITRIEV’s third trial at the Petrozavodsk City Court are due to take place this week and next: today, tomorrow and Friday, and on Monday, 6 December. What happens today (writes Natalia Dyomina on Facebook) promises to be unpredictable. DMITRIEV’s principal defence attorney of the past five years Victor Anufriev has been … Continue reading Trial resumes. Anufriev cannot attend
Essential Reading
The Dmitriev Affair, 2016-2021 A full summary of the twists and turns of this by now internationally famous case was recently given, offering an analysis of what has happened so far and why. The following, all cited in that summary, are probably the four most important and informative articles and interviews about the case (each … Continue reading Essential Reading
He deserves a medal for what he’s done! [2]
The current threat to Memorial’s existence, alarming as it is, might have come several years earlier had the trial of a little-known historian in provincial Petrozavodsk gone as planned. Those who have orchestrated the sustained persecution of Yury Dmitriev no doubt calculated that the simultaneous assault on his reputation and that of Memorial could not … Continue reading He deserves a medal for what he’s done! [2]
Keeping track of the case
A new page has been added to the TRIALS menu (above). APPEALS, Aug. 2020-Nov. 2021 now follows TIMELINE 1 (1997-2018) and TIMELINE 2 (2018-2020). The CHARGES page has two essential reports that reveal much of what went on behind closed doors during the first two trials: Nikita Girin's long and informative article (in two parts) … Continue reading Keeping track of the case
The Dmitriev Affair 