Sever Real report by Anna Yarovaya and Yelena Vladykina The High Court of Karelia has annulled the verdict passed earlier on Yury DMITRIEV by the Petrozavodsk City Court and in place of three years and six months has sentenced him to 13 years imprisonment. “This is the triumph of evil,” wrote journalist Victoria Ivleva. “13 … Continue reading 13 years imprisonment: “The triumph of evil”
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Can Dmitriev get a fair hearing in Karelia?
Today the High Court of Karelia began its third hearing of the appeals made by Defence and Prosecution following the 22 July verdict in the trial of Yury DMITRIEV. [Previous hearings were held on 16 and 22 September.] At this hearing experts appointed by the court will present a new analysis of the photographs in … Continue reading Can Dmitriev get a fair hearing in Karelia?
Another look at those nine photographs?
At the High Court hearing on 22 September in Petrozavodsk, Judge Alla Rats requested another expert assessment of the photographs on Yury DMITRIEV’s home computer that formed the pretext for his arrest on 13 December 2016. From Nikita Girin’s detailed article this July in Novaya gazeta we have learned which among the 140 plus photographs … Continue reading Another look at those nine photographs?
On the eve of a verdict
Halya Coynash A verdict is due on Thursday, 5 April 2018, in the trial of YURY DMITRIEV, world-renowned Russian historian and head of the Karelia branch of the Memorial Society. Petrozavodsk City Courthouse (photo, Kerstin Kronvall) The prosecution has demanded a 9-year sentence, despite even the expert assessments ordered by the court dismissing the charges. … Continue reading On the eve of a verdict
Photos not pornographic, say new forensic experts
A new assessment of the photographs of YURY DMITRIEV’s foster daughter was scheduled by the court: the photos constitute the main evidence against the head of the Memorial Society in Karelia. Yesterday, during the interval in the proceedings at this famous case, Dmitriev’s defence attorney VICTOR ANUFRIEV announced to waiting journalists that the new forensic … Continue reading Photos not pornographic, say new forensic experts
The Dmitriev Affair 