Igor Murashov, the general director of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, who was kidnapped by Russia, was released and returned home. This was announced by the head of the IAEA Rafael Grossi on Twitter.
According to Grossi, he received confirmation that Murashov returned safely to his family.
Earlier, the ZNPP operator, the Ukrainian company Energoatom, reported that on September 30, representatives of the Russian occupation authorities kidnapped Murashov and took him away in an unknown direction. His car was stopped on the way from the station to Energodar, after which they were taken by force blindfolded.
After a visit to the station, the IAEA adopted a resolution demanding that Russia stop the occupation of the Zaporizhzhya NPP and withdraw its troops from the territory of the station. In the resolution, the agency calls on Russia to "immediately cease all actions against the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and any other nuclear facilities in Ukraine."
