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
Supporters*
statements (recordings), protests
“He deserves a medal for what he did!” [1]
Over the past five years Yury DMITRIEV has become known far beyond his native Karelia, throughout Russia and around the world. Dmitriev with his foster daughter Natasha, b. 2005 (photo Novaya gazeta) He has received prizes since his first arrest in December 2016, from the Moscow Helsinki Group and most recently the Norwegian Sakharov Award. … Continue reading “He deserves a medal for what he did!” [1]
“Memorial will continue no matter what”, Dmitriev
In a letter (received yesterday by Nataliya Dyomina) from the Petrozavodsk detention centre where he has spent most of the last five years, Yury DMITRIEV wrote in support of Memorial: “I know the people who are presently in charge of Memorial and can confidently say that Memorial will go on working whatever the Supreme Court … Continue reading “Memorial will continue no matter what”, Dmitriev
Papa’s feeling better
In a post today on Facebook Katerina Klodt writes that she visited Yury DMITRIEV yesterday at Karelia's detention centre No. 1 in Petrozavodsk and says he's feeling better: "As always, he isn't used to complaining. Sends his best to everyone and says not to lose heart," she writes, adding "we had a very good conversation."
Stop tormenting Yury Dmitriev
A protest on the banks of the Neva Daniel Kotsubinsky's placard reads, "Let Yury Dmitriev go, Kremlin! You've tormented him enough!" He stands in St Petersburg in front of one of Mikhail Shemyakin's two sphinxes, creatures displaying a woman's face to the roadside, a grinning skull on the side facing the Kresty Prison across the … Continue reading Stop tormenting Yury Dmitriev
The Dmitriev Affair 