The information gathered in the 1990s in Russia’s Books of Remembrance about “victims of political repression” mainly derives from the records of the Soviet police and security services. Even that thin evidence provides glimpses of human suffering that are shocking both in scale and persistence. These examples from the 1930s begin with the forced collectivization … Continue reading Deported, Rearrested, Imprisoned, Shot
Background
essential reading (charges, defence, timeline, etc)
Detention Centre No. 1, Petrozavodsk
photo Darya Poryadinova, SOTA TV This is where Yury DMITRIEV has been held, apart from outings to the courthouse, since June 2018. During his first trial the measure of restraint was eased during the last six months from custody at Detention Centre 1 to an agreement not to leave Petrozavodsk. If he is convicted next … Continue reading Detention Centre No. 1, Petrozavodsk
Trial to end on 14 or 15 December
When hearings resume on 13 December the defence (represented by Victor Anufriev and Roman Masalyov) will make its closing statement. Yury Dmitriev will then address the court and also pronounce his Last Words at this trial. Word from Moscow is that the trial may finish as early as Tuesday 14 December. Dmitriev as a free … Continue reading Trial to end on 14 or 15 December
Trial resumes. Anufriev cannot attend
Several hearings in Yury DMITRIEV’s third trial at the Petrozavodsk City Court are due to take place this week and next: today, tomorrow and Friday, and on Monday, 6 December. What happens today (writes Natalia Dyomina on Facebook) promises to be unpredictable. DMITRIEV’s principal defence attorney of the past five years Victor Anufriev has been … Continue reading Trial resumes. Anufriev cannot attend
The Terror in Karelia
posts and pages "Judges" and Executioners [1]"Judges" and Executioners [2]"Judges", Executioners and ... [3] (forthcoming)Chukhin and Dmitriev (forthcoming) * The Great Terror in Karelia: A ChronologyExecutions in Karelia, 1937-1938: Locations, numbers & executioners
The Dmitriev Affair 