Butyagin spoke about the strangeness of the Polish prison
Alexander Butyagin, a freed Russian archaeologist, spoke about the strangeness of a Polish prison on April 30.
According to him, peculiar crosses appeared from time to time in the courtyard of the prison, where prisoners were walking. They appeared due to the fact that pieces fell off the reinforced concrete walls surrounding the courtyard: crisscrossing reinforcing bars, shaped like crosses, appeared in the resulting depressions.
"The poor inmates saw it and drew their own next to it. Such prison crosses made an impression on me — it was symbolic in many ways," Butyagin told the Izvestia correspondent.
The archaeologist also added that he was often tormented by disturbing dreams in prison.
"I hope that when I get home, I'll finally get some sleep," he said.
On the same day, Butyagin told how his detention by the Polish special services took place. Upon arrival in Poland, he checked into a hotel, walked around the city, returned and went to bed, and the next morning, during breakfast, he was detained by two women who introduced themselves as employees of the Polish Internal Security Agency (ABW).
During an exchange on April 28 involving Butyagin and the wife of a Russian serviceman on the Belarusian-Polish border, Russia extradited Moldovan intelligence officers. On the same day, the Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation showed footage of Moldovan intelligence officers who arrived in Russia in 2025 to carry out intelligence operations.
Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director General of the Hermitage, said that Butyagin, an archaeologist, would continue his scientific and educational activities at the museum after his release. The Hermitage also thanked the government, the diplomatic services and the scientific community for their assistance in his release.
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