Kaverin was released by the Afghan authorities at the request of Russia.

Russian ethnologist and cultural and social anthropologist Svyatoslav Kaverin was released by the Kabul authorities at the request of Moscow. This was announced on September 9 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

"Kaverin was released by the Afghan authorities at the request of the Russian side, taking into account the friendly nature of relations between the Russian Federation and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," Zakharova's comment is quoted on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

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