Amid controversy over his own methods of maintaining control over Russia, President Vladimir Putin has unveiled a memorial dedicated to victims of Soviet-era government repression and said the years of suffering at the hands of the state must never be forgotten. Putin was speaking at the opening ceremony for the Wall Of Sorrow on 30 … Continue reading Putin unveils monument in Moscow
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Over 300 supporters
On 20 June, appeals in support of Yury Dmitriev were broadcast by writer Dmitry Bykov and musician Boris Grebenshchikov on the Echo Moskvy radio station. On its website the radio station also published a list of several hundred people who have signed a petition in support of the historian. * In Petrozavodsk City Court the … Continue reading Over 300 supporters
The Dmitriev Affair 