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BBC World Service journalist. Documentary producer (TraumaZone etc). @mujschool & Fulbright alum. 📧 grigor.atanesian@bbc.co.uk
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Russian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rules

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By Grigor Atanesian Verified, Adam Easton
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A selfie taken by Alexander Butyagin earlier this year at an ancient site in Ukraine's Crimea [t.me/kotovayanora] A judge in Poland has ruled that Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin can be extradited to Ukraine, although his defence says he will appeal. Butyagin is being held in a Warsaw prison for allegedly conducting illegal excavations and plundering artefacts from the ancient city of Myrmekion in Crimea - Ukraine's peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.
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Russia: does It believe in anything? | LSE Festival

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By Vladislav Zubok, Tomila Lankina, Adam Curtis, Grigor Atanesian Verified
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How might understanding this recent traumatic history help us understand the present, and future, of Russia and its political system? How might understanding this recent traumatic history help us understand the present, and future, of Russia and its political system?
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Should a top Russian archaeologist face trial for digging in occupied Crimea?

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By Grigor Atanesian Verified
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A selfie taken by Alexander Butyagin earlier this year at an ancient site in Crimea [t.me/kotovayanora] A Russian archaeologist detained in Poland is at the centre of an intense debate over the role of museums and experts and the role they play in Kremlin war propaganda. Alexander Butyagin is under arrest in Warsaw, awaiting a Polish court decision on a request to extradite him to Ukraine.
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