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Historian Yury Dmitriev, 70, has been returned to Penal Colony No. 18 in Mordovia from a prison hospital, the human rights group ZPCh said, citing his support group. He was taken<\/a> to the hospital in late September with a suspected stroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not feeling very well. They suspected a stroke, but there\u2019s been no diagnosis: the hospital doesn\u2019t have the equipment to diagnose it. Dmitriev was given a course of injections. We don\u2019t know what they gave him,\u201d the support group said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dmitriev\u2019s supporters said he was prescribed bed rest until October 28. But until recently, staff at the penal colony were unaware of this and would not let him lie down, a woman from the support group told ZPCh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to keep count of how many times he\u2019s been put in a punishment cell. One time it\u2019s because the top button on his shirt isn\u2019t fastened, another because he sat on his bed, another because he fed a cat. Being in a damp, unheated room doesn\u2019t do his health any good,\u201d the support group said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yury Dmitriev is a historian and the former head of Memorial\u2019s Karelia branch. In 1997, he discovered mass graves of victims of Soviet political repression in the Sandarmokh forest. He also compiled lists commemorating victims of political repression in Karelia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dmitriev has been imprisoned since 2016, when he was charged with producing pornography involving his underage adopted daughter, committing lewd acts against her, and illegally possessing a firearm component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case stemmed from photographs of his daughter found in his possession. He denied the charges and said<\/a> he had taken the photographs solely for medical purposes, to track her development. In 2018, a court acquitted him on two of the charges. For the weapons possession offense, he received only a noncustodial sentence of 3.5 years of restricted freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karelia\u2019s Supreme Court later overturned that verdict. Authorities opened another criminal investigation into Dmitriev, this time for sexual assault. He was sentenced<\/a> to 13 years in a penal colony in that case. In December 2021, a court in Petrozavodsk combined his sentences and ordered him to serve 15 years in a high-security penal colony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dmitriev denied the charges in both cases. Memorial considers him a political prisoner. Scholars, cultural figures, and Nobel laureates have spoken out in his support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-67164","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","regions-respublika-kareliya-en","news-type-novosti-smi-en-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJailed Russian historian Yury Dmitriev, who uncovered Soviet mass graves, is\u00a0sent back to\u00a0prison without a\u00a0diagnosis after a\u00a0suspected stroke, supporters say - Political prisoners support. Memorial<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Historian Yury Dmitriev, 70, has been returned to\u00a0Penal Colony No. 18\u00a0in Mordovia from a\u00a0prison hospital, the human rights group ZPCh said, citing his support group. 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