September 2016 – just before the arrest

5 November 201718 August 2025 / editors (JC)

Yury Dmitriev in his Petrozavodsk apartment (photo, Hester den Boer) On Friday, 13 December 2016, the police knocked at the door and arrested the 60-year-old historian. Dmitriev has been held in custody ever since, at the city's Detention Centre No 1. In early June 2017 his trial began at the Petrozavodsk City Court (see Timeline). … Continue reading September 2016 – just before the arrest

“Restoring the Names”, 29 October 2017

30 October 201731 October 2017 / editors (JC)

Yesterday's event in Moscow, from 10 am to 10 pm on Lubyanka Square (photos - Alexei Koreshkov) This year 5,286 people took part in "Restoring the Names" a commemorative event held annually on 29 October (in 2007, the event's first year, they numbered only 263). People queued up to 4½ hours in order to read … Continue reading “Restoring the Names”, 29 October 2017

Analysis of photos not ready — next hearing, 29 November

25 October 201715 August 2025 / editors (JC)

The latest hearing in the case of Yury Dmitriev took place on Wednesday 25 October although all had been warned on Tuesday that there would be no judicial hearing on 25th. The court decided that the hearing would resume on Wednesday, 29 November 2017. The reason for this postponement was that the expert assessment of … Continue reading Analysis of photos not ready — next hearing, 29 November

Petrozavodsk picket in support of Dmitriev

11 July 201719 February 2018 / editors (JC)

On 8 July, about fifty people gathered on the Student Boulevard in Petrozavodsk for a mass picket “In support of the historian Yuri Dmitriev and Freedom for Political Prisoners in Russia!” Acquaintances, friends, colleagues, and those who are just concerned for the arrested leader of the Karelian 'Memorial' organisation, turned out with banners to protest … Continue reading Petrozavodsk picket in support of Dmitriev

“What does Memorial have to hide?”

10 January 20174 December 2021 / editors (JC)

On 10 January 2017 while the charges against Yury DMITRIEV were still being investigated the nationwide, State-funded Rossiya-24 TV channel broadcast a 13-minute report entitled "What does the Memorial Society have to hide?" https://youtu.be/458tWi0GRZE It talked about the International Memorial Society based in Moscow which has been officially designated a "foreign agent" since October 2016. … Continue reading “What does Memorial have to hide?”