Over the past five years Yury DMITRIEV has become known far beyond his native Karelia, throughout Russia and around the world. Dmitriev with his foster daughter Natasha, b. 2005 (photo Novaya gazeta) He has received prizes since his first arrest in December 2016, from the Moscow Helsinki Group and most recently the Norwegian Sakharov Award. … Continue reading “He deserves a medal for what he did!” [1]
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“Memorial will continue no matter what”, Dmitriev
In a letter (received yesterday by Nataliya Dyomina) from the Petrozavodsk detention centre where he has spent most of the last five years, Yury DMITRIEV wrote in support of Memorial: “I know the people who are presently in charge of Memorial and can confidently say that Memorial will go on working whatever the Supreme Court … Continue reading “Memorial will continue no matter what”, Dmitriev
“Judges” and Executioners [1]
It has been suggested that Yury DMITRIEV attracted the wrath of the authorities by exposing the members of the troika that issued thousands of death sentences in Karelia during the Great Terror or by naming the NKVD executioners who shot those thousands of men and women. Ivan Chukhin (photo) Yet as Irina FLIGE describes in … Continue reading “Judges” and Executioners [1]
RF Supreme Court to re-examine Dmitriev case
In late June this year Yury DMITRIEV submitted an appeal to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. On 30 June it was officially registered by the court. Yury Dmitriev at home in 2018, after a year in Remand Centre [SIZO] No. 1 (photo, Anna Artyemeva) On 31 August, the last day on which such … Continue reading RF Supreme Court to re-examine Dmitriev case
Papa’s feeling better
In a post today on Facebook Katerina Klodt writes that she visited Yury DMITRIEV yesterday at Karelia's detention centre No. 1 in Petrozavodsk and says he's feeling better: "As always, he isn't used to complaining. Sends his best to everyone and says not to lose heart," she writes, adding "we had a very good conversation."
The Dmitriev Affair 