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Hearing resumes on 29 September

22 September 202027 January 2021 / editors (JC)

The hearing of the appeals will resume at 10 am at the High Court of Karelia, 27 Kirov Street in Petrozavodsk, on Tuesday, 29 September. By which time Victor Anufriev will be out of quarantine, hopefully, and able to defend his client Yury DMITRIEV.

Hearing goes ahead — without Anufriev

21 September 202018 August 2025 / editors (JC)

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

Natasha “held firm: she did not utter a single unnecessary word”

18 September 202014 December 2020 / editors (JC)

Irina Levontina, expert linguist at the Dmitriev trial, talks to Zoya Svetova for MBK Media about her work on the case and the pressures now faced by court experts. Irina Levontina Read More ...

Further Revelations

17 September 202027 September 2020 / editors (JC)

In the weeks since the July verdict in Yury DMITRIEV's trial we have learned more about the nature of the evidence and the tactics of the investigators and prosecution than in all the preceding months, from October 2018 and July 2020. In “What We’ve Uncovered”, two long articles published in July by Novaya gazeta, Nikita … Continue reading Further Revelations

Hearing Postponed

16 September 202018 August 2025 / editors (JC)

At defence lawyer Victor Anufriev's request, the hearing of appeals against the verdict in the Dmitriev case has been postponed a further week until 22 September 2020.

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Yury Dmitriev (2014)

Anatoly Razumov (left) and Yury Dmitriev (2004)

The entrance to Sandarmokh

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