Illegal excavations at the Kil-Dere burial site in occupied Crimea. Photo: The Russian occupation administration of Sevastopol
All archaeological expeditions conducted by Russia's Hermitage Museum in Crimea have been cancelled.
Source: Alexander Butyagin, a Russian archaeologist who was detained in Poland and later released as part of an exchange to Russia, in a comment to the Russian media
Details: A few days ago, a message appeared in the Myrmekion expedition group, which takes place in the vicinity of Kerch and which Butyagin has been expecting since 1999, stating that the work has been moved to another region "due to the escalation of the situation".
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