Sergei Bykovsky today posted on Facebook a photo of Yury DMITRIEV in 2005 at Mount Sekirna on the Great Solovetsky Island. Dmitriev's little foster daughter Natasha was christened on that trip. That year Yury DMITRIEV received the new Golden Pen of Russia award for his publications about the building of the White Sea Canal in … Continue reading Dmitriev on Solovki, 2005
Publicising information from 1938 “would threaten Russia’s security”
As reported before, the Tula Region Court has ruled that it is lawful to restrict access by researchers and the public to the minutes of the Special Troika, the body responsible during the last stages of the Great Terror (1937-1938) for sentencing hundreds to death without investigation or trial. The text of this ruling, writes … Continue reading Publicising information from 1938 “would threaten Russia’s security”
Portrait
This portrait of Yury DMITRIEV was recently produced by the artist Boris Zhutovsky. DMITRIEV has been in custody since December 2016, with only a brief period of liberty from January to June 2018 when he was allowed to live at home but not to leave Petrozavodsk. The portrait was evidently created from photos of the … Continue reading Portrait
Sixty-six on 28 January 2022
Yury DMITRIEV will mark his 66th birthday at Karelia's Detention Centre No 1 in Petrozavodsk on Friday, 28 January this year. Yury DMITRIEV, b. 1956(his daughter Katya can be seen behind him) Photo from Inside Story, 13 January 2022 "Ο φύλακας της ρωσικής μνήμης που ζει σε σωφρονιστική αποικία"
“The main thing is to pass on what we know”
On 26 December 2021, the day before the hearing, I wrote to Yury DMITRIEV (says Olga Nosenko on Facebook today). I had my doubts. Wasn't this a silly thing to do? But I posted my letter with no great expectations, sending him New Year’s greetings and the tale of my forbears. And this is what … Continue reading “The main thing is to pass on what we know”
The Dmitriev Affair 