Ukraine has submitted a request for Poland to extradite a detained Russian archaeologist, Alexander B., in reference to unlawful excavations in occupied Crimea.

Supply: RMF24, citing its sources; European Pravda

Particulars: Journalists realized that Ukraine has submitted an extradition request for Alexander B. to the District Prosecutor's Workplace in Warsaw.

In Poland, the authorities will first assess whether or not the request formally complies with all necessities, after which they’ll study whether or not there are grounds to disclaim the extradition request.

Following this, the prosecutor's workplace will formulate its place on the matter and submit it to the court docket along with the Ukrainian request.

It’s doubtless that, on the identical time, a movement might be filed with the court docket to increase the suspect's detention, as the present time period expires on 13 January. The ultimate choice on extradition might be made by the court docket.

Background:

• Initially of December, it turned recognized {that a} Russian scientist wished by Ukraine for conducting unlawful archaeological excavations in occupied Crimea had been detained. He was taken into custody at a lodge in Warsaw throughout a lecture tour of Europe.
• More than likely, this considerations Alexander Butyagin, whom the Safety Service of Ukraine served with a discover of suspicion in absentia in November 2024.
• The Kremlin referred to as the detention "arbitrary" and stated it might work in direction of securing the archaeologist's launch.

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