In summer 2018 further charges of forced sexual acts against his daughter Natasha were brought against Dmitriev. These accusations are based on new testimony by Natasha and her grandmother, neither of whom testified against Dmitriev during the first trial. Victor M. Anufriev After the second trial began, Yury Dmitriev’s lawyer, Victor Anufriev, was interviewed by … Continue reading “200 indecent questions”
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Political Trial reinstated
A rare moment of justice from a Russian court has proved all too fleeting, writes Halya Coynash. On 14 June, Karelia’s High Court overturned the acquittal in April of world-renowned historian Yury Dmitriev and sent the ‘case’ back for retrial. Dmitriev’s imprisonment and trial had been widely viewed as politically-motivated persecution, and his acquittal – … Continue reading Political Trial reinstated
Acquittal overturned
On Thursday, 14 June, after deliberations lasting just over one and a half hours, the Karelian High Court overturned the acquittal of Yury DMITRIEV on charges of child pornography (Article 242.2) and depraved acts with a minor (Article 135). This was reported by the news website 7x7, based on what it was told after the … Continue reading Acquittal overturned
Supreme Court of Karelia will hear appeal on 14 June
On Thursday 14 June, the Supreme Court of Karelia will hear several appeals in the Dmitriev case (his defence lawyer Victor Anufriev told the Karelian internet newspaper Stolitsa na Onego). Anufriev intends to secure the dismissal of the charge that his client unlawfully possessed parts of a weapon. The Petrozavodsk city prosecutor’s office has also … Continue reading Supreme Court of Karelia will hear appeal on 14 June
A letter from Natasha
During his Final Words to the court, YURY DMITRIEV did not launch a blistering denunciation of those who had obstructed his work for years, and persecuted him after he was arrested and charged with child pornography and corruption of a minor in December 2016. He read the court a letter from his adopted daughter Natasha. … Continue reading A letter from Natasha
The Dmitriev Affair 