The defence team of Karelian historian Yury Dmitriev will petition the court for a new or repeat expert assessment of the photographs of his daughter that the specialists of the Centre for Sociocultural Expert Assessments considered to be pornographic. This was made known on 7 September, writes 7x7’s correspondent, at the latest hearing of the … Continue reading Defence demand new assessment of photographic evidence
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Dmitriev testifies in court
On 22 August Petrozavodsk City Court heard the testimony of the Karelian historian, the head of the local branch of the 'Memorial', the well-known Gulag researcher Yuri Dmitriev, accused of making pornographic images of his under-age daughter. Judge Marina Nosova learned how Dmitriev took the girl to his family, how difficult it was to adopt … Continue reading Dmitriev testifies in court
Using photographs to monitor a child’s health
Paediatricians from Moscow, Grigory Shayanov and Fyodor Katasanov gave testimony in court on 1 September 2017. There was nothing unusual in what Yury Dmitriev had done, they told the court, the photographing of children to monitor their development over time was widely practised: in early 2018 a law would come into force about such long-distance// … Continue reading Using photographs to monitor a child’s health
Were Soviet POWs shot at Sandarmokh? [R]
В Петрозаводском госуниверситете 6 июня состоялся круглый стол на тему «Новые документы о советских военнопленных на территории Медвежьегорского района в период финской оккупации (1941–1944 гг.)». В дискуссии приняли участие общественники, чиновники, ученые и журналисты. Во время обсуждения вопроса о расстреле финнами советских военнопленных в урочище Сандармох за столом начался спор между историками и поисковиками. Корреспондент … Continue reading Were Soviet POWs shot at Sandarmokh? [R]
“What does Memorial have to hide?”
On 10 January 2017 while the charges against Yury DMITRIEV were still being investigated the nationwide, State-funded Rossiya-24 TV channel broadcast a 13-minute report entitled "What does the Memorial Society have to hide?" https://youtu.be/458tWi0GRZE It talked about the International Memorial Society based in Moscow which has been officially designated a "foreign agent" since October 2016. … Continue reading “What does Memorial have to hide?”
The Dmitriev Affair 