TEL AVIV, August 5. Russian diplomats in Israel have not yet received any requests from Russian orientalist Artyom Kirpichenok, but keep monitoring the situation around his reported detention by the Israeli authorities, Russian Ambassador to Tel Aviv Anatoly Viktorov said in a statement, obtained by TASS. On August 4, Russian journalist Oleg Yasinsky wrote on Telegram that Kirpichenok has not been responding to messages and calls over a few days. In his words, the historian has been unaccounted for since arriving in Tel Aviv on a flight from Yerevan on August 2. Journalist and former State Duma lawmaker Darya Mitina wrote on Telegram on August 5 that Kirpichenok had allegedly been detained, but gave no other details.