Next court hearing, 27 February

11 February 201827 February 2018 / editors (JC)

The Dmitriev case, together with the results of his Serbsky Institute assessment, has been returned to Petrozavodsk City Court. The next hearing is scheduled for 27 February, at 10.30 am. "It is important to come to court that day, to support Yury Dmitriev and to show that public interest in his case has not weakened," … Continue reading Next court hearing, 27 February

Analysis of photos not ready — next hearing, 29 November

25 October 201715 August 2025 / editors (JC)

The latest hearing in the case of Yury Dmitriev took place on Wednesday 25 October although all had been warned on Tuesday that there would be no judicial hearing on 25th. The court decided that the hearing would resume on Wednesday, 29 November 2017. The reason for this postponement was that the expert assessment of … Continue reading Analysis of photos not ready — next hearing, 29 November

Court again extends custody

13 October 201725 October 2017 / editors (JC)

On 11 October Petrozavodsk City Court rejected petitions by Dmitriev’s lawyer and prolonged the term of his arrest for a further three months until 22 January 2018. On October 11, hearing of the case of the famous Karelian historian Yuri Dmitriev continued in Petrozavodsk city court. All defense’s motions were rejected by the court. The … Continue reading Court again extends custody

Defence asks court to suspend assessment of photographic evidence

3 October 201718 February 2018 / editors (JC)

Victor Anufriev, Dmitriev's defence attorney, intends to petition against the court's decision to schedule a new forensic examination of photographs from the case of Yury Dmitriev. The lawyer is not satisfied with the choice of the Federal Department for Independent Forensic Assessment, proposed by the Petrozavodsk prosecutor. "In court, I proposed two State expert institutions: … Continue reading Defence asks court to suspend assessment of photographic evidence

Defence demand new assessment of photographic evidence

7 September 201726 September 2020 / editors (JC)

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