The Polish security agency told about the grounds for Butyagin's detention

Alexander Butyagin, a Russian archaeologist and employee of the Hermitage Museum, was detained on the basis of Kiev's request for international legal assistance in the case of allegedly illegal archaeological excavations in 2014-2019. This was reported to Izvestia on December 12 by the press service of the Polish Internal Security Agency (ABW).

"The arrest was made at the request of the District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw in connection with the Ukrainian side's request for international legal assistance in the case of illegal archaeological excavations conducted in 2014-2019," the statement said.

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