Tatyana Pletnyova and Said Tangri demanded freedom for Yury DMITRIEV on 26 December 2021 in central Moscow. They stood in front of the statue of Bulat Okudzhava, off Gorky Street.
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Restoring the Names (2)
Since the late 1980s volunteers all over Russia and other former Soviet republics have compiled lists naming the men and women arrested, imprisoned and shot during Stalin’s time, and published regional Books of Remembrance about them. Working with Ivan Chukhin, Yury DMITRIEV compiled such a volume for Karelia. Published in 2002, it contains over 14,000 … Continue reading Restoring the Names (2)
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
Dmitriev receives Moscow Helsinki Group award
On 12 May 2018, YURY DMITRIEV was among the recipients of the yearly awards made by the Moscow Helsinki Group. Like other laureates, he wore a black teeshirt demanding "Freedom for Oyub Titiyev!" the detained head of Memorial in Chechnya. After the award ceremony (photo, Maxim Lyalin) (The photograph shows Dmitriev with fellow laureate Victoria … Continue reading Dmitriev receives Moscow Helsinki Group award
Psychiatric examination completed, results not known
The Serbsky Institute in Moscow has completed its assessment of Yury Dmitriev and on 19 January 2018 he was transferred to the city's Butyrka Prison, says his defence attorney Victor Anufriev. The official results of the investigation of Dmitriev’s psychological, sexual and psychiatric condition are not known. His attorney says that the assessment has not … Continue reading Psychiatric examination completed, results not known
The Dmitriev Affair 