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“Total schizophrenia” (Video)

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Writer Ludmila Ulitskaya inthe courthouse corridor on 11 October 2017. https://youtu.be/A5-1XjANWYY This 4-minute clip from the Meduza news website also includes footage of Dmitriev  on Solovki, and speaking at at Sandarmokh on 5 August 2014. You cannot fool the people forever ... ULITSKAYA "This trial is of extraordinary significance./ symbolic. At the end of this … Continue reading “Total schizophrenia” (Video)

“Red” Petrozavodsk

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On the way to the courthouse - street directions in Petrozavodsk: Andropov Street, ahead; Lenin Avenue to the left; and Engels Street, both right and left. Behind protestors on 8 July can be seen an enormous banner of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. It reads, "1917-2017 - we shall return!"

Petrozavodsk picket in support of Dmitriev

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On 8 July, about fifty people gathered on the Student Boulevard in Petrozavodsk for a mass picket “In support of the historian Yuri Dmitriev and Freedom for Political Prisoners in Russia!” Acquaintances, friends, colleagues, and those who are just concerned for the arrested leader of the Karelian 'Memorial' organisation, turned out with banners to protest … Continue reading Petrozavodsk picket in support of Dmitriev

Dmitriev arrested after anonymous denunciation

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Yury Dmitriev categorically denies he is guilty. He took photos of his 11-year-old adoptive daughter as a record of her state of health, said Sergei Krivenko, citing the words of Dmitriev's defence attorney Victor Anufriev. According to Krivenko, when Dmitriev adopted the girl [Natasha] she was very thin, one might say emaciated, and the adoption … Continue reading Dmitriev arrested after anonymous denunciation