On July 22, a court in Russia’s Karelia region sentenced 64-year-old historian Yuri Dmitriev. The man was found guilty of sexual assault against his adopted daughter and sentenced to 3.5 years in prison – most of which he has already served in a pre-trial detention center.
Ukrainska Pravda: Why Ukraine should support Russian historian Dmitriev
Russian historian Yury Dmitriev, charged with abusing his adoptive daughter, is escorted into a court building for his verdict hearing in the northwestern city of Petrozavodsk on July 22, 2020.
