Keeping track of the case

21 November 202122 November 2021 / editors (JC)

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

Hands off Memorial!

15 November 202115 August 2025 / editors (JC)

On 11 November 2021 it was announced that the Russian Prosecutor General had filed an administrative lawsuit with the Supreme Court seeking to abolish the International Memorial NGO, which was declared a “foreign agent” in October 2016. It also became known that the Moscow City Prosecutor's office had filed a similar case with the Moscow … Continue reading Hands off Memorial!

“Our efforts are not in vain”: Yury Dmitriev on receiving the Sakharov Freedom Award

29 October 202129 October 2021 / editors (JC)

Today Dmitriev’s friends are in Oslo to receive the Sakharov Freedom Award on his behalf. They will read out a speech written by the prize-winner who remains in custody in Karelia. (Photo, Roman Dementyev) Meanwhile, the third trial of the historian at the Petrozavodsk City Court has been halted at least until 19 November while … Continue reading “Our efforts are not in vain”: Yury Dmitriev on receiving the Sakharov Freedom Award

Sandarmokh, Restoring the Names

7 August 20217 August 2021 / editors (JC)

For six hours on Thursday, 5 August 2021, volunteers read out the names of those shot at Sandarmokh, Karelia's largest killing field, during the Great Terror in 1937 to 1938.