Irina Levontina, expert linguist at the Dmitriev trial, talks to Zoya Svetova for MBK Media about her work on the case and the pressures now faced by court experts. Irina Levontina Read More ...
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Further Revelations
In the weeks since the July verdict in Yury DMITRIEV's trial we have learned more about the nature of the evidence and the tactics of the investigators and prosecution than in all the preceding months, from October 2018 and July 2020. In “What We’ve Uncovered”, two long articles published in July by Novaya gazeta, Nikita … Continue reading Further Revelations
A Time to Speak Out
Today the Supreme Court of Karelia is hearing appeals from prosecution and defence against the verdict pronounced at Yury DMITRIEV’s trial on 22 July this year. The prosecution has slightly “softened” its demands: now it is asking not for 15 but 13 years' imprisonment. The defence, as before, demands that Dmitriev be cleared of all … Continue reading A Time to Speak Out
A Story for Natasha (film)
A short animated film made by Alexandra (Sasha) Kononova for her friend Yury DMITRIEV's foster daughter Natasha. Under present circumstances, sadly, they are no longer in touch. https://youtu.be/g5qkLIxTa5w A Story for Natasha (7 minutes long) The film, made by animators Sasha and Yury Mikhailin, has been entered for the ArtDocFest festival in Riga (Latvia).
The Guardian of History
On 22 August, an exhibition opened in the Chamber Theatre («Петербургский интерьерный театр») at 104 Nevsky Prospect in St Petersburg about the historian and rights activist Yury DMITRIEV, the man who investigated one of the most terrible commemorative sites of the Great Terror, the Sandarmokh Clearing in Karelia. The organiser was Svetlana Kulchitskaya. She decided … Continue reading The Guardian of History
The Dmitriev Affair 