WHY DMITRIEV? (2)

26 December 202118 August 2025 / editors (JC)

See Why Dmitriev? (1) On 27 December 2021, the Petrozavodsk City Court in Karelia will deliver its third verdict in the case of Yury DMITRIEV. The highest court in the land remains silent; lawyers from Memorial’s Human Rights Centre have submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. “Child Pornography” The … Continue reading WHY DMITRIEV? (2)

Trial to end on 14 or 15 December

4 December 20214 December 2021 / editors (JC)

When hearings resume on 13 December the defence (represented by Victor Anufriev and Roman Masalyov) will make its closing statement. Yury Dmitriev will then address the court and also pronounce his Last Words at this trial. Word from Moscow is that the trial may finish as early as Tuesday 14 December. Dmitriev as a free … Continue reading Trial to end on 14 or 15 December

Attorney was a no-show

2 December 20214 December 2021 / editors (JC)

Yesterday evening Sasha Kononova reported on the Dmitriev Supporters Facebook Page (7,800 followers) that the court-appointed attorney did not turn up yesterday to take on the defence of Yury DMITRIEV at the Petrozavodsk City Court. The city Bar Assocation, apparently, ruled his participation improper. Today it is expected that Victor Anufriev, Dmitriev's attorney since 2016, … Continue reading Attorney was a no-show

Trial resumes. Anufriev cannot attend

1 December 20214 December 2021 / editors (JC)

Several hearings in Yury DMITRIEV’s third trial at the Petrozavodsk City Court are due to take place this week and next: today, tomorrow and Friday, and on Monday, 6 December. What happens today (writes Natalia Dyomina on Facebook) promises to be unpredictable. DMITRIEV’s principal defence attorney of the past five years Victor Anufriev has been … Continue reading Trial resumes. Anufriev cannot attend

“Unprecedented”

30 October 202131 October 2021 / editors (JC)

At present there is a lull in the judicial proceedings. His lawyer Victor Anufriev says that the case files for both of Dmitriev’s trials remain in Moscow with the Supreme Court. On 19 October Anufriev challenged the decision of the Court not to examine the appeal he submitted on his client’s behalf in June this … Continue reading “Unprecedented”