“Move Trial to New Jurisdiction” (Open Letter)

28 September 202027 January 2021 / editors (JC)

On Monday, 28 September, an Open Letter signed by over two hundred Russian scientists, actors, rights activists, politicians, film-makers, historians and publishers was published in Novaya gazeta. It was addressed to the chairman of Karelia's High Court Anatoly Nakvas. Yury Alexeyevich DMITRIEV(photo Anna Artyemeva, Novaya gazeta) After outlining the progress of the two trials at … Continue reading “Move Trial to New Jurisdiction” (Open Letter)

A Time to Speak Out

16 September 202018 August 2025 / editors (JC)

Today the Supreme Court of Karelia is hearing appeals from prosecution and defence against the verdict pronounced at Yury DMITRIEV’s trial on 22 July this year. The prosecution has slightly “softened” its demands: now it is asking not for 15 but 13 years' imprisonment. The defence, as before, demands that Dmitriev be cleared of all … Continue reading A Time to Speak Out

Appeals to be Heard on 16 September

6 September 202018 August 2025 / editors (JC)

On Wednesday, 16 September 2020, the High Court of Karelia will hear the appeals submitted by both defence and prosecution after the 22 July verdict and sentence in the trial of Yury DMITRIEV. The investigation and prosecution of the historian and head of the Memorial Society in Karelia began in December 2016 and has lasted … Continue reading Appeals to be Heard on 16 September

On the Eve of a Verdict

21 July 202014 December 2020 / editors (JC)

On Friday, 10 July, Memorial hosted an online press conference about the forthcoming verdict in the DMITRIEV case. (The moderator was Oleg Orlov.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAU6-EODQn8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR04-h2om2AoLu_N39nir9OLSSrAq6UwN5c05KK-pMDVnWRSOpT8Alqp75s In the absence of a transcribed and translated version of that event, here is a synchronic translation into English, ... with an approximate time location, of the remarks by Dmitriev's friends, … Continue reading On the Eve of a Verdict

Free Yury Dmitriev (Signatories)

26 November 201926 November 2019 / editors (JC)

On 21 November 2019 the text of a petition about Yury DMITRIEV was circulated in English and in Italian. The list of 268 signatories (in alphabetical order by surname) follows. The petition will remain open for additional signatures until 3 December 2019: Academics 1. Dott. Agnese Accattoli, Ricercatrice di lingua e traduzione russa, Università di … Continue reading Free Yury Dmitriev (Signatories)