Russian court rejects Gulag historian’s appeal against jail sentence
Yuri Dmitriev to keep serving 13-year term his supporters say is meant as punishment
16 February 2021 - 17:16
St Petersburg/Moscow — A Russian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Yuri Dmitriev, a historian who exposed Stalin-era crimes, ordering him to be kept in jail to serve the rest of a 13-year sentence that his supporters say is based on fabricated charges.
Dmitriev, 65, was found guilty in July of abusing his adopted daughter sexually, a charge he denied. His lawyer said they will now take their appeal against the sentence to Russia’s Supreme Court...
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