On Thursday, 28 December 2017, YURY DMITRIEV was transferred to Moscow, under guard, to be assessed at the Serbsky Institute. The report was confirmed that day by VICTOR ANUFRIEV, Dmitriev’s defence attorney. No one had informed the lawyer; he learned of the transfer on Thursday after it had happened. Dmitriev flew into Moscow under escort … Continue reading Dmitriev transferred to Moscow for psychiatric assessment
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Prosecution turns to punitive psychiatry as trial collapses
A second expert assessment has effectively overturned the entire case against YURY DMITRIEV, renowned Russian historian and head of the Karelia branch of Memorial (writes Halya Coynash). There is no immediate sign that this judicial travesty is ending, with the prosecutor immediately demanding yet another assessment of the photos which experts found no pornographic content … Continue reading Prosecution turns to punitive psychiatry as trial collapses
Dmitriev to be released on 28 January 2018
The historian and head of the Memorial Society in Karelia, YURY DMITRIEV, will be released from the Detention Centre in Petrozavodsk on Sunday, 28 January 2018, after spending more than a year there, remanded in custody. On Wednesday, 27 December 2017, the Petrozavodsk City Court decided to change the measure of restraint from detention in … Continue reading Dmitriev to be released on 28 January 2018
New experts
The new experts in the Dmitriev case come from a private firm without office or staff. On 15 September the Petrozavodsk City Court scheduled a new examination of the photographs in the Dmitriev case. The Karelian historian is accused of making pornography and sexually abusing his adopted daughter Natasha. THE EVIDENCE The evidence is nine … Continue reading New experts
The Dmitriev Affair 