Before sentence was again passed in Petrozavodsk, and demands for the closure of Memorial were heard in Moscow, Yury DMITRIEV replied to questions from Anna Yarovaya, who published some of the earliest articles about the Karelian researcher. They communicated via the Letters service of the Federal Penal Agency; she did not receive replies to many … Continue reading Dmitriev: “It’s normal to be persecuted” (December 2021)
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A “demonstratively unlawful” decision
Interviewed this morning on Echo Moskvy radio station, DMITRIEV's defence attorney Victor Anufriev since December 2016 said he would appeal against the new sentence. ... this sentence, in my view, is demonstratively unlawful. This is the THIRD time there has been a judicial hearing, and it's the only occasion on which the court totally ignored … Continue reading A “demonstratively unlawful” decision
“An outrageous decision”
The appeal hearings at the High Court of Karelia on 16, 22 and 29 September took place in the absence of Victor Anufriev who has been DMITRIEV’S defence attorney since 2016 (he is self-isolating because of Covid-19). In a telephone interview, Anufriev told Zoya Svetova that he had been in constant touch with the attorney … Continue reading “An outrageous decision”
Natasha “held firm: she did not utter a single unnecessary word”
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 ...
“200 indecent questions”
In summer 2018 further charges of forced sexual acts against his daughter Natasha were brought against Dmitriev. These accusations are based on new testimony by Natasha and her grandmother, neither of whom testified against Dmitriev during the first trial. Victor M. Anufriev After the second trial began, Yury Dmitriev’s lawyer, Victor Anufriev, was interviewed by … Continue reading “200 indecent questions”
The Dmitriev Affair 