On another front, pt 2

31 October 202318 August 2025 / editors (JC)

To judge by reports on the internet, the Day in Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression was not commemorated at the surviving memorial in Vladimir yesterday. Instead, the governor broadcast a sombre speech to the Vladimir Region; his words were illustrated by a monument in Siberia (Irkutsk). “Remember us all, O Motherland, innocent victims. … Continue reading On another front, pt 2

Stop tormenting Yury Dmitriev

23 February 202123 February 2021 / editors (JC)

A protest on the banks of the Neva Daniel Kotsubinsky's placard reads, "Let Yury Dmitriev go, Kremlin! You've tormented him enough!" He stands in St Petersburg in front of one of Mikhail Shemyakin's two sphinxes, creatures displaying a woman's face to the roadside, a grinning skull on the side facing the Kresty Prison across the … Continue reading Stop tormenting Yury Dmitriev

Next stop, Moscow?

22 February 20216 April 2021 / editors (JC)

The Petersburg ruling On Tuesday 16 February the Third Cassation Court in St Petersburg heard Yury DMITRIEV’s appeal against the ruling of the High Court of Karelia. The court did not uphold the appeal and left unchanged the harsh sentence of 13 years in a strict-regime penal colony. As Memorial reported, the consuls of Poland … Continue reading Next stop, Moscow?

Today in St Petersburg

16 February 202116 February 2021 / editors (JC)

Appeal hearing at the Third Cassation Court The appeal against the September ruling of the Karelian High Court will be heard by the Third Cassation Court in St Petersburg today. The 45-minute hearing begins at 11.15 am and the media will be admitted. This hearing concerns the many procedural violations committed by the High Court … Continue reading Today in St Petersburg

Petersburg to examine appeal by end of February

24 December 202025 December 2020 / editors (JC)

Evidently, there will be no hearing at the Petrozavodsk City Court today. Dmitriev’s attorney Victor Anufriev made the journey from Moscow to the Karelian capital and arrived at the courthouse at 10 am. There he waited outside closed doors until 11 am when he learned that Judge Khomyakova was hearing another case elsewhere in the … Continue reading Petersburg to examine appeal by end of February