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
“I’m a tough old fellow …
I know a thing or two ..." said DMITRIEV in a letter (see below) the day before the new sentence was announced. https://twitter.com/i/status/1475402480469131267 DMITRIEV chats briefly with his lawyers Victor Anufriev and Roman Masalyov; video taken by Nikita Girin for Novaya gazeta. Dmitriev's words quoted above come from a letter he wrote to journalist Zoya … Continue reading “I’m a tough old fellow …
Court increases sentence from 13 to 15 years
Mediazona reports from Karelia [R] that the Petrozavodsk City Court today added two years to Yury DMITRIEV's sentence for offences of which he was previously twice acquitted. (photo, Alla Konstaninova, Mediazona)
Pickets in Moscow
Tatyana Pletnyova and Said Tangri demanded freedom for Yury DMITRIEV on 26 December 2021 in central Moscow. They stood in front of the statue of Bulat Okudzhava, off Gorky Street.
The Dmitriev Affair 