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POLITICS● ELEVATED2h ago · Sep 25, 2026, 8:38 PM

Russian historian Yuri Dmitriev, who uncovered mass graves of victims of Soviet repression, transferred to hospital with suspected stroke, rights group says

Meduza [en] · eastern europe

Historian Yuri Dmitriev, 70, was rushed from Penal Colony No. 18 in Mordovia to a prison medical facility in the village of Barashevo after a suspected stroke, the human rights group ZPCh reported.

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