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“I don’t need anyone’s pity”

16 December 202028 January 2021 / editors (JC)

Today [14 December] we received a letter from DMITRIEV (writes Natalya Dyomina). He says he's reading the case materials. There are 20 volumes, and he gets through 1½ to 3 of them a day. “I still have to read about a third of the case materials. Hopefully, I’ll be able to finish them all next … Continue reading “I don’t need anyone’s pity”

using this website

15 December 202017 December 2020 / editors (JC)

This website was launched in October 2017. Today it contains over 300 posts and pages. Two days (or six months) ago, the Dmitriev Affair entered its fifth year. Noting a sharp recent increase in the number of hits and visitors the website receives, it seemed a good time to give it a thorough overhaul, improving … Continue reading using this website

Award foils attempts to discredit Dmitriev

15 December 202015 December 2020 / editors (JC)

Russian attempts to discredit Yury DMITRIEV are proving increasingly futile, writes Halya Coynash. On 10 December the renowned historian of the Soviet Terror and head of the Karelia branch of the Memorial Society was named as one of the 15 laureates of the prestigious Franco-German Prize for Human Rights for 2020.  Read More ...

Anufriev gives detail of Cassation Appeal

15 December 202027 January 2021 / editors (JC)

At the third attempt the Cassation Court in St Petersburg has allowed the appeal submitted by Yury DMITRIEV and his lawyer Victor Anufriev to go forward for examination. A report in the Kommersant newspaper (14 December 2020) quotes Anufriev as saying that DMITRIEV “had submitted one appeal against all the previous decisions reached by the … Continue reading Anufriev gives detail of Cassation Appeal

Dmitriev awarded Franco-German Prize

14 December 202017 December 2020 / editors (JC)

"Every year since 2016, to mark Human Rights Day* [10 December], Germany and France have jointly presented the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law. Whether they be a human rights defender, a journalist or a lawyer: this award recognises the efforts of all those who work tirelessly every day to advance … Continue reading Dmitriev awarded Franco-German Prize

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Students from Moscow Film School (Krasny Bor)

“Solovki transport” Memorial (Sandarmokh)

Dmitriev with daughter Katya at Sandarmokh

Protest in Petrozavodsk

City Court – Razumov and Katya in background

near Derevyannoe village, Karelia (Krasny Bor)

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Yury Dmitriev (2014)

Anatoly Razumov (left) and Yury Dmitriev (2004)

The entrance to Sandarmokh

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