See Why Dmitriev? (1) On 27 December 2021, the Petrozavodsk City Court in Karelia will deliver its third verdict in the case of Yury DMITRIEV. The highest court in the land remains silent; lawyers from Memorial’s Human Rights Centre have submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. “Child Pornography” The … Continue reading WHY DMITRIEV? (2)
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Dmitriev Supporter recognised
Russia’s Association of Theatrical Critics has announced its awards for 2021. The play of the year is “Mozart’s Don Giovanni: The Dress Rehearsal”, written by Dmitry Krymov. Their Person of the Year is Lia AKHEDZHEKOVA, People’s Actor of Russia, actress with the Sovremennik Theatre. She was chosen “for her consistent and bold public defence of … Continue reading Dmitriev Supporter recognised
WHY DMITRIEV? (1)
In 2002, five years after the tragic death of Ivan Chukhin, Yury DMITRIEV published the Commemorative Lists of Karelia. This Book of Remembrance named 14,308 individuals -- most of them shot (11,275); others sent to the Gulag (1,958). The task on which Chukhin and Dmitriev had embarked almost a decade earlier was completed. Why we … Continue reading WHY DMITRIEV? (1)
“It’s effing unbelievable” (Prudovsky)
The proceedings at today's hearing of the Supreme Court effectively placed NKVD officers who had engaged in torture during the Great Terror on the same footing as the officers of today's FSB, entitling them to the same degree of confidentiality regarding their identity (see "Judges" and Executioners, pt 2). Lawyer Marina Agaltsova and plaintiff Sergei … Continue reading “It’s effing unbelievable” (Prudovsky)
Sergei Prudovsky vs. the FSB
Whilst we wait for the Supreme Court to continue its hearing of the case against the Memorial Society, and to decide whether it will make any response to Yury DMITRIEV’s appeal (19 October 2021), the court will today consider the case brought against the FSB by researcher Sergei Prudovsky. Thwarted by the Tula and Ivanovo … Continue reading Sergei Prudovsky vs. the FSB
The Dmitriev Affair 