YURY BRODSKY sees the far northern Solovki Archipelago as a kaleidoscopic microcosm of Russia – its history, culture, nature, and spirit all brought together in one remote and windswept corner of a vast country. "The most varied people come here and they all need Solovki," says Brodsky. "It can change your world view. I'm trying … Continue reading Historian Accused Of “Religious Hatred”
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“Yury Dmitriev’s War” (19 December 2017)
An 11-minute excerpt from Tuesday evening's gathering at Pushkin House to discuss "The Dmitriev Affair". The speaker is historian ANDREA GULLOTTA who met Yury Dmitriev in Petrozavodsk when he was researching part of the same history in Northwest Russia. http://www.rightsinrussia.info/videos/yurydmitriev
“The Dmitriev Affair – What Next?”
On Tuesday, 19 December 2017, there will be a discussion at Pushkin House (London, WC1A 2TA) of 21st-century Russia's unexpected cause célèbre, the arrest and prosecution of historian YURY DMITRIEV. The event begins at 7.30 pm. The next hearing of Dmitriev's case at the Petrozavodsk City Court is scheduled for 26-27 December. His latest term … Continue reading “The Dmitriev Affair – What Next?”
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
Defence demand new assessment of photographic evidence
The defence team of Karelian historian Yury Dmitriev will petition the court for a new or repeat expert assessment of the photographs of his daughter that the specialists of the Centre for Sociocultural Expert Assessments considered to be pornographic. This was made known on 7 September, writes 7x7’s correspondent, at the latest hearing of the … Continue reading Defence demand new assessment of photographic evidence
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