Found Levitan's paintings stolen in Museum PLICSCOM
ARTinvestment.RU   28 декабря 2016

In the course of military operations of police, FSB and Regardie was detained robbers, suspects in the theft of five paintings from the Museum Leviathan in Plyos. Picture found

the Official message about the successful completion of the operation appeared today on the website of the MIA of Russia. The paintings of Russian painter Isaac Levitan stolen 2.5 years ago from a Museum in the Ivanovo region, was discovered after the arrest of suspects in a cottage in the Moscow region.

On account of criminals, according to the interior Ministry, — robbery at a Bank in Nizhny Novgorod, attacks on collectors, and on employees of traffic police. The suspects in these crimes was 33@- 37-летний residents of Nizhny Novgorod. Together with them, police also detained 29-летний a resident of one of the Neighboring countries under investigation. Criminals found during the search of "a Quiet river" by Levitan. And later in Nizhniy Novgorod security officers was discovered the other four stolen painting of Isaac Levitan.

Recall that the resonant robbery of the Museum in the town of ples in Ivanovo region took place in August 2014, . Night, breaking glass, the attackers stole five of Levitan's works: "the Ravine behind the fence", "Quiet river", "Substation", "River Creek" and "Roses."

Adds that the Museum robbery in our day have little to no economic sense. To sell with the noise of the stolen paintings and drawings is almost impossible, and the existence of a certain of a developed "black market" things like — is rather an exaggeration. Collectors in life not buy such, and unskilled attempts to sell stolen paintings or fuss with their transportation rather withdraw the police on the trail of criminals. So recently , Ukraine with the stolen Italian paintings. So it was with the paintings, stolen in the Munch Museum. Sooner or later caught. And those who were trying to sell. And those who tried to blackmail the government, threatening the destruction of masterpieces. Criminals operating in Russia the lack of a unified public or paid information databases of stolen valuables. Now the information about the missing apply via our forum, groups on Facebook, the website of the Ministry of culture and other channels. Single point of collecting information yet. But I think it's only a matter of time.

In the case of theft is a frequent problem complicating the search for and dissemination of information about the incident, is the simple lack of high quality photos and detailed descriptions of the works from the owner. It often happens that the picture hanging on the wall over the years, pleases its owner, and describe her simply do not come to mind: neither the picture, nor the exact size to remove. Perhaps not useful. Even more likely. But every story with the abduction or loss of the paintings is a "bell" that every collector and every owner of works of art is useful to concerned with this issue. Just in case. Let it be at hand.

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

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Source: the website of the MIA of Russia