Russian historian Yury DMITRIEV turned 64 on 28 January 2020. It was his third birthday detained on charges that bear no scrutiny, and, writes Halya Coynash, his arrest coincided with the beginnings of a campaign to rewrite the history of one of the darkest pages of the Soviet Terror – the mass killing by quota … Continue reading Punished for memorialising Sandarmokh
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Barbaric excavations again under way at Sandarmokh
New excavations are underway at the Sandarmokh Clearing in Karelia which holds the last remains of thousands of victims of the Great Terror of 1937-1938, writes Halya Coynash. Any pretence that the excavations by a body linked to the Russian Minister of Culture are not aimed at rewriting history has been dispelled by a letter … Continue reading Barbaric excavations again under way at Sandarmokh
“Society must become more humane”, Arkhangelsky to Putin
On 21 December literary critic ALEXANDER ARKHANGELSKY spoke, at a meeting of the Council on Culture and Art with the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, about the pressure being put on cultural figures and the need to humanise Russian culture and society. “If such things take place at the federal level, in the glare of … Continue reading “Society must become more humane”, Arkhangelsky to Putin
Russia – Past, Present and Future
THE OFFICIAL VIEW “As Russia marks the centenary of the October Revolution, President Vladimir Putin has urged the society to end discord over the Soviet era,” reported the TASS news agency[1] on 21 December 2017. "This year, the centenary of the October Revolution, we have been seeking to encourage the society to abandon confrontation, to … Continue reading Russia – Past, Present and Future
Do not support their hypocrisy!
It is immoral to support the hypocrisy of the Russian authorities An appeal by 37 former political prisoners concerning today’s opening of a monument in Moscow As former political prisoners and participants in the Democratic Movement in the Soviet Union, we consider the opening in Moscow of a monument to the “victims of political repression” … Continue reading Do not support their hypocrisy!
The Dmitriev Affair 