photo Darya Poryadinova, SOTA TV This is where Yury DMITRIEV has been held, apart from outings to the courthouse, since June 2018. During his first trial the measure of restraint was eased during the last six months from custody at Detention Centre 1 to an agreement not to leave Petrozavodsk. If he is convicted next … Continue reading Detention Centre No. 1, Petrozavodsk
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“He deserves a medal for what he did!” [1]
Over the past five years Yury DMITRIEV has become known far beyond his native Karelia, throughout Russia and around the world. Dmitriev with his foster daughter Natasha, b. 2005 (photo Novaya gazeta) He has received prizes since his first arrest in December 2016, from the Moscow Helsinki Group and most recently the Norwegian Sakharov Award. … Continue reading “He deserves a medal for what he did!” [1]
Papa’s feeling better
In a post today on Facebook Katerina Klodt writes that she visited Yury DMITRIEV yesterday at Karelia's detention centre No. 1 in Petrozavodsk and says he's feeling better: "As always, he isn't used to complaining. Sends his best to everyone and says not to lose heart," she writes, adding "we had a very good conversation."
First Discoveries, 1988-1991
The first time Yury DMITRIEV came across the unmarked remains of those shot during the Great Terror was in 1988, as he describes in My Path to Golgotha (pt 2). The immediate reaction since the 1950s was to cover up these bones and skulls with their tell-tale bullet holes. Now activists and relatives of those … Continue reading First Discoveries, 1988-1991
A solitary protest in Petrozavodsk
Saturday, 6 February 2021 Despite a daytime temperature of minus 16 degrees Centigrade, Vladimir Malegin went and stood at the University bus stop on Student Boulevard in Petrozavodsk, a solitary picket in support of Yury DMITRIEV. Malegin's placard reads: "Freedom for the political prisoner Dmitriev!" Someone sitting in a vehicle parked by the main building … Continue reading A solitary protest in Petrozavodsk
The Dmitriev Affair 