“Why is Yury Dmitriev on trial?” RFI interviews Irina Flige (excerpt)

16 November 201727 November 2017 / editors (JC)

"Your colleague, Yury Dmitriev, is now on trial in Karelia," asks Radio France Internationale interviewer. "Many link the prosecution to his work for Memorial. What’s your view?" Well, everything in this world is connected, but sometimes there are direct links. In this case that is not exactly true. It would not be correct to say … Continue reading “Why is Yury Dmitriev on trial?” RFI interviews Irina Flige (excerpt)

The man saving us all

12 November 201718 August 2025 / editors (JC)

"There are lives that seem remarkable, but if you look closely, you’ll see that another could have done as well," writes Russian author Sergei Lebedev. "There are lives, however, that are an ideal fit. You can’t imagine anyone else doing the same. Yury Dmitriev is one of those. "Journalists have called him Khottabych (or even … Continue reading The man saving us all

“The Executed Renaissance”

7 November 201729 April 2018 / editors (JC)

Another of those shot at Sandarmokh between 27 October and 4 November 1937 was Oleksiy SARVAN (1893-1937). The March 1937 Resolution from the White Sea Canal corrective-labour camps (see below) sends Sarvan for trial because of his "systematic anti-Soviet work" among his fellow prisoners. The case was sent to the procurator's office of the BelBalt … Continue reading “The Executed Renaissance”

3 November 1937

6 November 201729 April 2018 / editors (JC)

Andriy Stepanovich PANIV was shot at Sandarmokh eighty years ago. He was one of 1,116 prisoners, marked for execution, who were shipped from Solovki to the mainland in autumn 1937. Born 1899, Paniv was a rural schoolteacher in Ukraine (1918-1923), a writer, poet, journalist and translator. Before his arrest, he lived in the "Word" building … Continue reading 3 November 1937

Alexei Vangengeim (1882-1937)

29 October 201729 April 2018 / editors (JC)

According to the weather forecast, it will be warm and rainy today in Moscow, 4-5 degrees Centigrade. "So wrap up well, put on boots and a raincoat, and take an umbrella with you," suggests Memorial to the hundreds of people intending to take part in the "Restoring the Names" ceremony on Moscow's Lubyanka Square. In … Continue reading Alexei Vangengeim (1882-1937)