DMITRIEV's friends and supporters from Moscow and Petersburg and his defence attorney Victor Anufriev are travelling north to Petrozavodsk to hear the announcement later this morning, writes Alla Shmaina-Velikanova. Meanwhile, In Petrozavodsk Yury DMITRIEV and his family and friends are waiting for the morning. So are the city’s devout old men and women, outside the … Continue reading This very night
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.
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
Five years to the day …
Today marks the fifth anniversary of Yury DMITRIEV's arrest in 2016. At the city court in Petrozavodsk his third trial behind closed doors on the same charges is rapidly approaching its end. Petrozavodsk City Court The defence is giving its closing statement and then Dmitriev will himself pronounces his Final Words to the court.
Trial to end on 14 or 15 December
When hearings resume on 13 December the defence (represented by Victor Anufriev and Roman Masalyov) will make its closing statement. Yury Dmitriev will then address the court and also pronounce his Last Words at this trial. Word from Moscow is that the trial may finish as early as Tuesday 14 December. Dmitriev as a free … Continue reading Trial to end on 14 or 15 December
The Dmitriev Affair 