Yury DMITRIEV, renowned historian of the Soviet Terror, Head of the Karelia branch of Memorial and Russian political prisoner has been named one of the new Righteous to be honoured on the European Day of the Righteous on 6 March 2024. Yury Dmitriev (b. 1956) (photo, Anna Artyemeva) This is the latest of very many … Continue reading Dmitriev recognized New Righteous of the Nations
KOLTYRIN, Sergei*
Sergei Koltyrin has died
The former director of the Medvezhegorsk City Museum, Sergei KOLTYRIN, died yesterday in the town's prison hospital. His brother Vladimir passed the news to the Sever.Realii website. "He died last night," said Koltyrin's brother. "He had cancer. That's all I can tell you. He wasn't in the ordinary hospital but the other one and, as … Continue reading Sergei Koltyrin has died
The Ordeal resumes
On Friday, 19 October 2018, the first hearing in Yury DMITRIEV’s second trial takes place. He will be represented, once again, by Victor Anufriev. At his defence lawyer’s insistence, both the charges against Dmitriev, the old and the new, will be heard as part of the same proceedings. Yury Dmitriev is re-arrested in June 2018 … Continue reading The Ordeal resumes
“Time may pass – the memory remains”
One of the last interviews Sergei KOLTYRIN, the arrested director of the Medvezhegorsk district museum, gave was to Nastoyashchee vremya, the online TV channel: https://www.currenttime.tv/a/29525989.html (Excerpts from a longer text on the website) "The death of a person’s reputation is perhaps worse than being actually murdered. After such allegations, the person carries on but with … Continue reading “Time may pass – the memory remains”
Update on Koltyrin arrest
On 3 October, Sergei KOLTYRIN and Yevgeny Nosov were remanded in custody until 27 November. The charges concern a 13-year-old boy. The Interfax news agency has asserted, citing an unnamed source, that Koltyrin has written a confession. As with all proceedings against Dmitriev, the prosecution is able to hold them behind closed doors because of … Continue reading Update on Koltyrin arrest
The Dmitriev Affair 