“I know it will be difficult to put together a support group three times at the Petrozavodsk courthouse, so I consulted Victor Anufriev,” wrote Daniil Saksonov on 10 March. Dmitriev’s lawyer said that the hearing on 14 March would “not be very important”, just an additional examination of one witness. The following Tuesday, 20 March, … Continue reading Closing statements on 20 and 22 March
Only three hearings to go?
"It’s very important to gather people for the last three hearings, we hope, at the Petrozavodsk city courthouse," wrote Daniil Saksonov on 2 March. The court would again hear the Dmitriev case on Wednesday, 14 March, and on Tuesday and Thursday, 20 and 22 March, respectively. "It would be a pity, you must agree, if … Continue reading Only three hearings to go?
“Scoundrels thought up this case” (Chudakova)
After her journey from Moscow to Petrozavodsk to express her support for Yury Dmitriev, the redoutable literary specialist MARIETTA CHUDAKOVA found time to give a public lecture on Memory, history textbooks and how "the present generation of idiots" in Russia was raising the next ... She also responded to questions from the media, as is … Continue reading “Scoundrels thought up this case” (Chudakova)
Serbsky Institute dismisses charges. Next hearing, 14 March
Russia’s Serbsky Institute has rejected any grounds for the charges against YURY DMITRIEV, renowned historian and Head of the Karelia branch of the Memorial Society. Even an institute notorious for its use of punitive psychiatry in Soviet times was not willing to take part in the politically motivated attempt to imprison Dmitriev for up to … Continue reading Serbsky Institute dismisses charges. Next hearing, 14 March
Serbsky verdict: Dmitriev sane, photos not pornographic
At today's long-awaited court hearing, the first since YURY DMITRIEV returned from Moscow and was released from custody, the findings of the Serbsky Institute were made public: the court had required the institute to assess Dmitriev's mental state and the status of the photographs he took of his foster daughter Natasha. The specialists at the … Continue reading Serbsky verdict: Dmitriev sane, photos not pornographic
