Yesterday I stood with those picketing Putin's administration in support of Yury Dmitriev. Looking at the photos I took it seems that children, if anyone, are taking notice of the placards. Adults also look but many give only a furtive glance or are afraid -- or don't give a damn. But the children read the … Continue reading Moscow picket
A 63rd birthday in detention
The day before his 62nd birthday, last year, Yury DMITRIEV was released from detention and could spend the day with friends and family. This year, as his second trial continues, he is remanded in custody at Detention Centre No 1 in Petrozavodsk. One-person picket outside Presidential Administration in Moscow, 28 January 2019. https://youtu.be/P173kIw5WTA
Moscow’s “Restoring the Names” (2018) in question
On Friday 19 October, the Moscow city authorities suddenly withdrew permission to hold this year’s ceremony in its traditional location, next to FSB headquarters, claiming that ongoing construction and restoration work made the site unsuitable. 29 October 2017, Lubyanka Square, Moscow For the last 11 years the ceremony of Restoring the Names has been held … Continue reading Moscow’s “Restoring the Names” (2018) in question
A place of execution
"They made a road to Koirankangas from Rzhevka. From our hill we could see clearly: a vehicle went there and then it stopped. A minute passed, perhaps, and then shots were heard. We avoided going that way. Everyone knew they were shooting people there. Murdered people were found there." Anni Arikainen (b. 1918), Kuivozi, Vsevolozhsky … Continue reading A place of execution
Forgotten or Remembered
"Recently, for one reason and another, I've visited different villages in Russia," writes Yury MIKHAILIN (an administrator of the Dmitriev Supporters' Facebook page). "In many of them there stands a memorial to soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War [1941-1944] and in almost every case it is not simply a monument. Names are carved … Continue reading Forgotten or Remembered
The Dmitriev Affair 