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An ethnographer from Russia has been arrested in Afghanistan over alleged smuggling activities.

By boriskov · Published on July 21, 2025

Russian anthropologist Svyatoslav Kaverin, a researcher affiliated with both the Paleoethnological Research Center and the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Oriental Studies, was arrested in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on allegations of jewelry trafficking. The scholar disclosed this development through his Telegram channel yesterday.

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