Between 1 June 2017 and 5 April 2018, YURY DMITRIEV was on trial in Petrozavodsk charged under Article 242.2 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code (“Use of a minor for the purposes of preparing pornography”) and Article 135 (“Perverted acts without the use of force against a minor”). For further details of these laws and … Continue reading The charges
Background
essential reading (charges, defence, timeline, etc)
Acknowledgements
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Solovki
Solovki, the Special Purpose Solovetsky Camp, was the first permanent concentration camp of the Soviet regime. (Its Russian acronym SLON spelled "Elephant".) Set up in 1923 on a group of islands in the White Sea, it began with a mixed population of left-wing political opponents of the Bolsheviks (Anarchists, Socialist Revolutionaries) and criminals. Its purpose … Continue reading Solovki
Who is Yury Dmitriev?
... and why is he facing 15 years' imprisonment? The trial of historian YURY DMITRIEV began on 1 June. The hearings in Petrozavodsk, suggests journalist Maria Eismont, are "the most important thing happening in Russia today". Because the charges are sensitive, and concern a minor, neither the press or the public can attend. Behind the … Continue reading Who is Yury Dmitriev?
Were Soviet POWs shot at Sandarmokh? [R]
В Петрозаводском госуниверситете 6 июня состоялся круглый стол на тему «Новые документы о советских военнопленных на территории Медвежьегорского района в период финской оккупации (1941–1944 гг.)». В дискуссии приняли участие общественники, чиновники, ученые и журналисты. Во время обсуждения вопроса о расстреле финнами советских военнопленных в урочище Сандармох за столом начался спор между историками и поисковиками. Корреспондент … Continue reading Were Soviet POWs shot at Sandarmokh? [R]
The Dmitriev Affair 