Unique Tomsk Region Museum safe for this winter at least

28 December 202018 August 2025 / editors (JC)

The only one of its kind in Russia, the museum in Palochka village in the north of the Tomsk Region opened this August. It is devoted to the memory of over 7,000 forced settlers from southern Siberia who died there in 1931-1933. Partly funded with grants from the presidential administration, it faced fears of closure … Continue reading Unique Tomsk Region Museum safe for this winter at least

“I don’t need anyone’s pity”

16 December 202028 January 2021 / editors (JC)

Today [14 December] we received a letter from DMITRIEV (writes Natalya Dyomina). He says he's reading the case materials. There are 20 volumes, and he gets through 1½ to 3 of them a day. “I still have to read about a third of the case materials. Hopefully, I’ll be able to finish them all next … Continue reading “I don’t need anyone’s pity”

A concentration camp for Karelia’s children

19 November 202014 December 2020 / editors (JC)

(see 24 November update, below) “Putin has given the children of Karelia not a summer camp or a sanatorium (none remain in the republic), nor a polyclinic for children -- not one has been built during the past 20 years -- but a concentration camp,” writes Emilia Slabunova, Yabloko deputy in the Karelian republic’s legislative … Continue reading A concentration camp for Karelia’s children

What We’ve Uncovered [2]

27 July 202018 December 2020 / editors (JC)

<< THE SECOND TRIAL >> The child’s voice failed to be heard not just by the chairman of Petrozavodsk City Council Bondarchuk, while the court heard the girl’s statement about how much she loved her adoptive father. As for unlawful threat to privacy, the Karelian children's ombudsman Sarayev did not, for some reason, try to … Continue reading What We’ve Uncovered [2]

Anufriev interview: “He’s facing things bravely, but hopes for justice”

16 April 202017 December 2020 / editors (JC)

Yury DMITRIEV's second trial, like the first, is being held behind closed doors. His lawyer Victor Anufriev recently provided his view of the case in the longest interview he has given to the media since early last year. -- the second trial began in September 2018. The interviewer was Katerina Gordeyeva (Meduza). Gordeyeva -- Two … Continue reading Anufriev interview: “He’s facing things bravely, but hopes for justice”