On 13 December 2016, Yuri Dmitriev, historian, GULAG scholar, and chairman of the Karelian Memorial Society, was arrested in Petrozavodsk on the basis of an anonymous denunciation. He spent five months in detention before his case went to court on 1 June 2017. [... ] We ask: For an independent and qualified expert evaluation of … Continue reading Sign the petition!
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Letter in TLS, 5 August 2017
The Times Literary Supplement (London) The Trial of Yury Dmitriev Sir, — Daniel Beer's review of two books about Stalin's terror (21 July) rightly concludes with a case that has become, to the discomfort of the authorities, a cause célèbre in Putin's Russia. For twenty-five years and more, Yury Dmitriev hunted for the sites of … Continue reading Letter in TLS, 5 August 2017
British academics express concern
BASEES StatementThe Trial of Yury Dmitriev Yury Dmitriev is an exceptional scholar of Stalinist repression, and his pioneering methods of locating and identifying the graves of victims have helped him to make a substantial contribution to that important field of historical research. He is a senior member of ‘Memorial’. Yury was arrested in December last … Continue reading British academics express concern
Over 300 supporters
On 20 June, appeals in support of Yury Dmitriev were broadcast by writer Dmitry Bykov and musician Boris Grebenshchikov on the Echo Moskvy radio station. On its website the radio station also published a list of several hundred people who have signed a petition in support of the historian. * In Petrozavodsk City Court the … Continue reading Over 300 supporters
To Prosecutor from Memorial
International Memorial SocietyKaretny Ryad, 5/10Moscow127006 Prosecutor of the Republic of Karelia185910 Republic of KareliaPetrozavodsk4, German Titov Street 16 December 2016 Dear Mr Prosecutor, On 13 December the local historian and public figure Yury Dmitriev was detained in Petrozavodsk. We have known Yury Alexeyevich Dmitriev for many years as a researcher into the … Continue reading To Prosecutor from Memorial
The Dmitriev Affair 