I know a thing or two ..." said DMITRIEV in a letter (see below) the day before the new sentence was announced. https://twitter.com/i/status/1475402480469131267 DMITRIEV chats briefly with his lawyers Victor Anufriev and Roman Masalyov; video taken by Nikita Girin for Novaya gazeta. Dmitriev's words quoted above come from a letter he wrote to journalist Zoya … Continue reading “I’m a tough old fellow …
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This very night
DMITRIEV's friends and supporters from Moscow and Petersburg and his defence attorney Victor Anufriev are travelling north to Petrozavodsk to hear the announcement later this morning, writes Alla Shmaina-Velikanova. Meanwhile, In Petrozavodsk Yury DMITRIEV and his family and friends are waiting for the morning. So are the city’s devout old men and women, outside the … Continue reading This very night
13 years imprisonment: “The triumph of evil”
Sever Real report by Anna Yarovaya and Yelena Vladykina The High Court of Karelia has annulled the verdict passed earlier on Yury DMITRIEV by the Petrozavodsk City Court and in place of three years and six months has sentenced him to 13 years imprisonment. “This is the triumph of evil,” wrote journalist Victoria Ivleva. “13 … Continue reading 13 years imprisonment: “The triumph of evil”
Three years, 6 months
On Wednesday, 22 July 2020, in a damp and windy Petrozavodsk, Victor Anufriev briefly addressed a large crowd of journalists and cameramen and women outside the City Court. According to BELSAT journalist Marina Makarova he indicated that his client Yury DMITRIEV had been found guilty and sentenced to three years six months' imprisonment. Taking into … Continue reading Three years, 6 months
On the Eve: A Survey
On 16 June 2020, Petrozavodsk City Court in Karelia (Northwest Russia) will announce a verdict in Yury Dmitriev’s second trial, which began two years ago. If convicted, the 64-year-old historian and researcher into Stalin-era crimes could face up to 15 years in one of Russia’s crowded and unhealthy penal colonies. If acquitted, Dmitriev will be … Continue reading On the Eve: A Survey
The Dmitriev Affair 