On Friday, 10 July, Memorial hosted an online press conference about the forthcoming verdict in the DMITRIEV case. (The moderator was Oleg Orlov.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAU6-EODQn8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR04-h2om2AoLu_N39nir9OLSSrAq6UwN5c05KK-pMDVnWRSOpT8Alqp75s In the absence of a transcribed and translated version of that event, here is a synchronic translation into English, ... with an approximate time location, of the remarks by Dmitriev's friends, … Continue reading On the Eve of a Verdict
Dmitriev 3 (2018-20)*
Prosecution demands 15 years strict regime for Dmitriev
In his closing statement the prosecutor at Yury DMITRIEV's trial in Petrozavodsk has demanded that he be sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Dmitriev's defence attorney, in this trial as in that which ended in April 2018, is Victor Anufriev. He will now present the closing statement for the defence. … Continue reading Prosecution demands 15 years strict regime for Dmitriev
On the Eve: A Survey
On 16 June 2020, Petrozavodsk City Court in Karelia (Northwest Russia) will announce a verdict in Yury Dmitriev’s second trial, which began two years ago. If convicted, the 64-year-old historian and researcher into Stalin-era crimes could face up to 15 years in one of Russia’s crowded and unhealthy penal colonies. If acquitted, Dmitriev will be … Continue reading On the Eve: A Survey
Verdict postponed, Dmitriev remains in jail
The latest hearing in the second trial of Yury DMITRIEV, scheduled for Wednesday 3 June, was deferred until mid-June when a verdict in the long drawn out trial is expected. This leaves Dmitriev in the Petrozavodsk Detention Centre. At the last hearing his detention was extended, for a further three months, until 25 June despite … Continue reading Verdict postponed, Dmitriev remains in jail
FREE YURY DMITRIEV! (Petition)
To the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Karelian Republic Anatoly Vladimirovich Nakvas On 23 March 2020, Yury DMITRIEV, who is being held in a detention facility in Petrozavodsk, was sentenced to remain under arrest for three more months. This means that the peak of the growing coronavirus epidemic will find him in a prison cell. Yury Dmitriev is 64 years old. He has spent the last … Continue reading FREE YURY DMITRIEV! (Petition)
The Dmitriev Affair 