“Unacceptable and inhuman methods have been deployed: pressure on Dmitriev’s adopted daughter; manipulation of the child’s consciousness in order to get her to testify against a person close to her," say two hundred prominent Russians who have come out in defence of Yury DMITRIEV, writes Halya Coynash. The authors of the appeal, posted on 28 … Continue reading Child’s life destroyed, historians jailed, Soviet history rewritten
Dmitriev 3 (2018-20)*
What is going on?
The other day the latest hearing in the new trial of Yury DMITRIEV took place. It has been six weeks since the Petrozavodsk City Court, in closed regime, heard more evidence from the prosecution. This time round, clearly, there is no rush to convict and, it would seem, a preference for people elsewhere, e.g. supporters … Continue reading What is going on?
Were 2018 excavations at Sandarmokh legal?
As the prosecution continues to present its evidence of "new offences" by Yury DMITRIEV at his second trial in the Petrozavodsk City Court in Karelia, a related dispute is being pursued at the national level over the identity of those executed and buried at Sandarmokh. In early February, the Kommersant daily newspaper reported on this … Continue reading Were 2018 excavations at Sandarmokh legal?
Historians behind bars
On 27 January 2019, Russia laid on a huge military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the lifting of the Siege of Leningrad, writes Halya Coynash. In a hate campaign, worthy of their Soviet predecessors, Kremlin-loyal media and commentators turned on German journalist, Silke Bigalke, who criticized this “dancing on the bones” of the … Continue reading Historians behind bars
A 63rd birthday in detention
The day before his 62nd birthday, last year, Yury DMITRIEV was released from detention and could spend the day with friends and family. This year, as his second trial continues, he is remanded in custody at Detention Centre No 1 in Petrozavodsk. One-person picket outside Presidential Administration in Moscow, 28 January 2019. https://youtu.be/P173kIw5WTA
The Dmitriev Affair 