Russian Historian Who Exposed Stalin’s Crimes Cleared of Child Pornography

Historian Yuri Dmitriev accused of using his adopted daughter to produce child pornography, of illegally possessing a firearm, and of depravity, is escorted by a police officer on his arrival for a court hearing in Petrozavodsk, Russia June 5, 2017. Reuters/Igor Podgorny

MOSCOW—A Russian historian whose exposure of Soviet leader Josef Stalin’s crimes angered state officials was cleared of child pornography charges on Thursday, April 6, after a long campaign by human rights activists to free him.

State prosecutors had accused Yuri Dmitriev of involving his adopted daughter, then 11, in child pornography, of illegally possessing components of a firearm, and of depravity involving a minor.