On Thursday, 28 December 2017, YURY DMITRIEV was transferred to Moscow, under guard, to be assessed at the Serbsky Institute. The report was confirmed that day by VICTOR ANUFRIEV, Dmitriev’s defence attorney. No one had informed the lawyer; he learned of the transfer on Thursday after it had happened. Dmitriev flew into Moscow under escort … Continue reading Dmitriev transferred to Moscow for psychiatric assessment
Novaya gazeta
TV channels cut Dmitriev statement from reports of press conference
A press conference to mark the unveiling of the vast Wall of Sorrow on Sakharov Avenue in Moscow this coming Monday, 30 October, ended with a statement about the Dmitriev case. Not one of Russia's nationwide TV channels mentioned that statement in its coverage of the event, reports today's Novaya gazeta "A matter of conscience, … Continue reading TV channels cut Dmitriev statement from reports of press conference
New experts
The new experts in the Dmitriev case come from a private firm without office or staff. On 15 September the Petrozavodsk City Court scheduled a new examination of the photographs in the Dmitriev case. The Karelian historian is accused of making pornography and sexually abusing his adopted daughter Natasha. THE EVIDENCE The evidence is nine … Continue reading New experts
The Dmitriev Affair 