The hearing at Karelia's High Court of defence and prosecution appeals against the 22 July verdict in the DMITRIEV trial will go ahead tomorrow despite the absence of Victor Anufriev, the attorney who has led Dmitriev's defence since December 2016. Postponed for a week at Anufriev's request (he is self-isolating), the hearing will begin at … Continue reading Hearing goes ahead — without Anufriev
A Time to Speak Out
Today the Supreme Court of Karelia is hearing appeals from prosecution and defence against the verdict pronounced at Yury DMITRIEV’s trial on 22 July this year. The prosecution has slightly “softened” its demands: now it is asking not for 15 but 13 years' imprisonment. The defence, as before, demands that Dmitriev be cleared of all … Continue reading A Time to Speak Out
Restoring the Names (2)
Since the late 1980s volunteers all over Russia and other former Soviet republics have compiled lists naming the men and women arrested, imprisoned and shot during Stalin’s time, and published regional Books of Remembrance about them. Working with Ivan Chukhin, Yury DMITRIEV compiled such a volume for Karelia. Published in 2002, it contains over 14,000 … Continue reading Restoring the Names (2)
Wednesday, 5 August 2020. Sandarmokh
Some photos taken at Sandarmokh by Svetlana Kulchitskaya. The images show: Irina FLIGE laying carnations on a collective memorial; a plaque commemorating Pyotr Didushok-Gelmer (1889-1937 shot); a stone bearing the words "Do not forget these Swedes!"; a plaque commemorating Xenia Djikayeva (1902-1937 shot); and a view of part of the memorial complex.
Remembering the victims of Sandarmokh
On Wednesday, 5 August, people marked the annual Day of Remembrance in over 80 towns and cities all over the world (in Bulgaria, Latvia, Ukraine, Scotland and Brittany among others) by reading out the names of those shot at Sandarmokh in 1937 and 1938, during the Great Terror. Due to the Corona virus epidemic no … Continue reading Remembering the victims of Sandarmokh
The Dmitriev Affair 