Poland Rules to Extradite Russian Archaeologist to Ukraine

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Friday, April 24, 2026
Author: 
Katherine Scher
Volume: 
42
Issue: 
5
Abstract: 

In mid-March, a court in Poland ruled to extradite Alexander Butyagin, a Russian antiquities scholar, to Ukraine. Butyagin, who works at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, is wanted in Ukraine on charges related to his work in Crimea.