As soon as sentence was passed in December 2021 at Yury DMITRIEV's third trial, his lawyers submitted an appeal against the verdict. Yury Dmitriev in the courthouse corridor, 2022 Unlike the previous two trials, the court was openly prejudiced against the accused and would accept no petitions from the defence. Victor Anufriev, Dmitriev's defence attorney … Continue reading High Court upholds 15-year sentence, March 2022
Dmitriev 4 (2020-22)*
Dmitriev appeal hearing set for Wednesday, 9 March 2022
A hearing of the appeal against Yury DMITRIEV’s conviction in late December last year has been scheduled for 9 March 2022 at the High Court of Karelia. Curiously, the old link to the case on the Court’s website no longer works. Instead, you must search for it anew and can only find it by tracking … Continue reading Dmitriev appeal hearing set for Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Portrait
This portrait of Yury DMITRIEV was recently produced by the artist Boris Zhutovsky. DMITRIEV has been in custody since December 2016, with only a brief period of liberty from January to June 2018 when he was allowed to live at home but not to leave Petrozavodsk. The portrait was evidently created from photos of the … Continue reading Portrait
Sixty-six on 28 January 2022
Yury DMITRIEV will mark his 66th birthday at Karelia's Detention Centre No 1 in Petrozavodsk on Friday, 28 January this year. Yury DMITRIEV, b. 1956(his daughter Katya can be seen behind him) Photo from Inside Story, 13 January 2022 "Ο φύλακας της ρωσικής μνήμης που ζει σε σωφρονιστική αποικία"
“I’m a tough old fellow …
I know a thing or two ..." said DMITRIEV in a letter (see below) the day before the new sentence was announced. https://twitter.com/i/status/1475402480469131267 DMITRIEV chats briefly with his lawyers Victor Anufriev and Roman Masalyov; video taken by Nikita Girin for Novaya gazeta. Dmitriev's words quoted above come from a letter he wrote to journalist Zoya … Continue reading “I’m a tough old fellow …
The Dmitriev Affair 