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Russian Archaeologist Butyagin Says He Intends to Continue Illegal Excavations in Occupied Crimea

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Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin, who was recently released from a Polish prison as part of a prisoner exchange between Poland and Belarus, said he intends to continue an expedition near occupied Kerch as early as this summer.

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An archaeologist named Oleksandre Butagien, who was a young man in the first place, was encircled by her husband in the midst of her loveliness.

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Monotonno sitting in prison is not a funny thing to do. It's better that the engine, even the unpleasant one, is arrest, the CDC, the court. Poland didn't need me, they just wanted to hand me over to Ukraine. It was formal, just sit and wait. The interest in the negative order in my work started back in 2019. Archaeologists aren't thieves, they're doing science. I think the reaction of the European scientific community wasn't enough. Some people…

·Riga, Latvia
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In an interview with "Vests", he said he wanted to go back to the excavations in Crimea's annexed... the rain network: news, video, air, online, archive, programme.

·Russian Federation (the)
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Archaeologist Butyagin extradited to Russia plans new excavations in CrimeaArchaeologist Butyagin, after being extradited to Russia, plans to continue excavations in occupied Kerch. Ukraine suspects him of stealing artifacts and destroying Crimea's heritage.

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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Archaeologist Alexander Butjagin, who had previously been detained in Poland after returning to Russia, gave interviews to Russian State media: RT, Russia 1 and Izvestym. He said that he had hoped for an exchange and was not surprised, and now plans to work in Ermitage and continue expeditions to Crimea. New Europe tells the main interview from Butigin. Alexander Butigin, after an exchange in Belarus, April 28, 2026, Photo: FSB/TASS/ZUMA Press/S…

As the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman recently reported, Kyiv was disappointed to learn that Russian archaeologist Aleksandr Butiagin was not handed over to Ukraine. He was handed over to Belarus during a prisoner exchange, while Andrzej Poczobut, among others, was released. As onet.pl now describes, Ukraine's claims were not a "set-up." "Ukrainians are conducting their own exchanges with Russians. The question is whether they ever tried t…

·Warszawa, Poland
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Meduza broke the news in Riga, Latvia on Thursday, April 30, 2026.
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