The conviction, issued by the head of the Karelian branch of the Memorial Human Rights Center (recognized in Russia by the NGO Inoageth) Yury Dmitriev, unacceptable. So appreciated the decision of the court The official representative of the European Union’s foreign policy service (EU) Peter mill in twitter .
EU believes that this harsh sentence is associated with human rights activities and the study of political repression by Dmitriev, “said Stano. He condemned the court decision to Karelia and called him a violation of Russia’s international obligations.
On December 27, it became known that the court recognized Dmitrieva guilty in the manufacture of pornography, depraved actions and storage of weapons. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The case on the historian was brought back in 2016. Dmitriev became the discoverer of the burial of the victims of Stalinist repression in Sandarmokhe. He was the book of memory of victims of repression in Karelia for the 1930-1940s.