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Historian Yuri Dmitriev's punishment for violence has been tightened. His sentence was increased from 3.5 to 13 years in prison
Two other cases in which Dmitriev was acquitted were sent for review.
The Supreme Court of Karelia changed the sentence of the head of the local branch of Memorial, historian Yuri Dmitriev. about this with reference to the lawyer of Dmitriev’s adopted daughter, Igor Perov. writes Mediazona
According to the lawyer, Dmitriev was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security colony for sexual assault. Previously, the court sentenced him to 3.5 years in prison.
On other charges (production of child pornography and possession of weapons), for which the historian was acquitted, the case was sent for retrial. The process took place behind closed doors.
* * *At the end of 2016, Yuri Dmitriev was accused of producing child pornography and indecent acts due to photographs of his adopted daughter. The historian was also accused of possessing weapons.
In 2018, the court completely acquitted Dmitriev of charges of producing child pornography and indecent assault, but sentenced him to 2.5 years of restriction of freedom for illegal possession of parts of a shotgun. A few months later, the Supreme Court of Karelia overturned the verdict of the first instance and sent the criminal case for a new trial. On June 27, 2018, Dmitriev was detained on suspicion of sexual abuse of his adopted daughter and arrested. The prosecutor's office requested 15 years in prison for him.
Memorial recognized Yuri Dmitriev as a political prisoner and demanded his release. “We have reason to believe that he became objectionable due to his professional activities, his independent political views , and attracting public attention to the annual International Days of Remembrance for the Victims of the Great Terror at the Sandarmokh Memorial Cemetery,” the society said in a statement.
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