the head of the Karelian “Memorial” Yuri Dmitriev was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in a penal colony for violent actions of sexual nature against his daughter, while the minimum period under this article 12. While in possession of weapons and the production of pornography, he was acquitted. Lawyer Dmitriev Viktor Anufriev believes that the defendant will be released in the fall of 2020.
Recall that human rights activists believe that the Amateur historian was targeted because of his work on Sandarmokh — the place of mass shooting of people in 1937-1938. Man pursue from December 2016. This is the second trial. The first time he was acquitted on all counts, except for storage of weapons — rusty shotgun, which has long been impossible to shoot. Both times, the trials were closed because the case involved minors. In this case, after the first trial daughter, which the Prosecutor put the victim ran to hug his father.
the First trial hyped around 9 photos of the so-called “health diary”, which led Dmitriev. There were 140 photos of his naked daughter, 9 of which security officials regarded as pornography. He had claimed that the pictures were taken to monitor the health of the child, suffering from dystrophy. As a result of independent examination and the court confirmed that the photos had no relation to pornography.
the second time the baby came from child protective services and the girl’s grandmother, who raised a fuss due to the fact that Dmitriev, according to them, touched the child in ugly places. The head of the Karelian “Memorial” in response said that several times touched the girl, but only in order to check her underwear, because she suffered from enuresis. In turn, the specialists of the Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences came to the conclusion that during interrogation the investigator pushed the child to obtain the necessary evidence.
Notably, the second criminal case followed almost immediately after the first. According to human rights activists, it could be due to the fact that the Karelian security forces angry at Dmitrieva after he strayed from them for the first time, and decided to take revenge on him.
the court’s Decision “MK” commented the human rights activist and friends Dmitrieva.
Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg (fraction “Apple”): “Absolutely innocent man sentenced to a punishment of 3.5 years. Expires November 13, and Yuriy Dmitriev will be with us. The sentence appointed below the lowest limit, and this means that the court is well aware of all lipovite this accusation, but can’t afford to innocent man completely. I think he is completely innocent in all that he was charged with. FLon is very similar to the case of Svetlana Prokopieva, when a person is imposed a fine of 500 thousand rubles, because they could not afford fully to justify it”.
Irina Galkova, Director of the Museum “international memorial”, “We are all very excited and are now in a state of turmoil. Feelings are very mixed. The verdict is not an acquittal, and Yuri Dmitriev is accused of those crimes he did not commit. On the other hand, most of the time he has already served in jail, and soon you will be a little less worried about his fate, his life and health.”
Natalya Petrova, press Secretary of the Petrozavodsk center “memorial” “of Course, we always wanted the sentence was acquittal and justice is done. The sentence is less than demanded by the Prosecutor, but he is guilty. It is obvious that the court is entirely politically motivated. However, I’m very glad that he will soon be released”.
