On 28 June the Petrozavodsk City Court decided that YURY DMITRIEV, head of the Karelian section of the Memorial Society, should be remanded in custody as part of the new criminal case against him. “There were no surprises today,” commented Dmitriev’s lawyer Victor Anufriev. “Before the hearing the investigator said, ‘We’ll see you at the … Continue reading Dmitriev detained for two months
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Dmitriev re-arrested
YURY DMITRIEV has been arrested less than two weeks after a court ordered his retrial on gravely flawed charges, reports Halya Coynash. He was stopped by police in Karelia after leaving Petrozavodsk to visit the grave of a friend who died just before his first arrest. The renowned historian and head of the Karelia branch … Continue reading Dmitriev re-arrested
Political Trial reinstated
A rare moment of justice from a Russian court has proved all too fleeting, writes Halya Coynash. On 14 June, Karelia’s High Court overturned the acquittal in April of world-renowned historian Yury Dmitriev and sent the ‘case’ back for retrial. Dmitriev’s imprisonment and trial had been widely viewed as politically-motivated persecution, and his acquittal – … Continue reading Political Trial reinstated
Dmitriev’s acquittal
Halya COYNASH examines an extraordinary case In a step back from the brink, a court in Russia has acquitted renowned historian Yury DMITRIEV of manifestly absurd charges for which the prosecutor had demanded a nine-year maximum security prison sentence. 62-year-old Dmitriev was convicted of a third charge, with the two-and-a-half year restriction of liberty sentence … Continue reading Dmitriev’s acquittal
On the eve of a verdict
Halya Coynash A verdict is due on Thursday, 5 April 2018, in the trial of YURY DMITRIEV, world-renowned Russian historian and head of the Karelia branch of the Memorial Society. Petrozavodsk City Courthouse (photo, Kerstin Kronvall) The prosecution has demanded a 9-year sentence, despite even the expert assessments ordered by the court dismissing the charges. … Continue reading On the eve of a verdict
The Dmitriev Affair 