"Sandarmokh is a unique and complete investigation. It is enormously to the credit of Yury DMITRIEV that he gathered together all the documentary information and, as a result, we today know who exactly is buried here. <…>" (Irina Flige) Irina Flige In March 2017 Anna Yarovaya wrote a long article about the Dmitriev Affair for … Continue reading The significance of Sandarmokh
Background
essential reading (charges, defence, timeline, etc)
Second Time Round …
Yury DMITRIEV was first arrested on 13 December 2016, a date that marks the formal beginning of The Dmitriev Affair. Its roots go deeper and further back in time, naturally. Over two years earlier, at the annual Day of Remembrance at Sandarmokh on 5 August, Dmitriev made critical comments about the annexation of Crimea and … Continue reading Second Time Round …
Forgotten or Remembered
"Recently, for one reason and another, I've visited different villages in Russia," writes Yury MIKHAILIN (an administrator of the Dmitriev Supporters' Facebook page). "In many of them there stands a memorial to soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War [1941-1944] and in almost every case it is not simply a monument. Names are carved … Continue reading Forgotten or Remembered
Disquieting News
On 22 April, the Karelian edition of the Rossiya TV Channel's "Events of the Week" programme included a brief item, mentioning that "this summer" there would be fresh investigations of the burials at the Sandarmokh memorial complex near Medvezhegorsk. https://youtu.be/oE6QUXuuz60 (For those who know Russian, the item begins five minutes into this half-hour broadcast) Periodically, … Continue reading Disquieting News
A letter from Natasha
During his Final Words to the court, YURY DMITRIEV did not launch a blistering denunciation of those who had obstructed his work for years, and persecuted him after he was arrested and charged with child pornography and corruption of a minor in December 2016. He read the court a letter from his adopted daughter Natasha. … Continue reading A letter from Natasha
The Dmitriev Affair 