The court dismissed Vasilyev to the critic Basner 16 000 000 rubles
ARTinvestment.RU   22 июня 2017

A year ago, Elena Basner had been acquitted in criminal proceedings. Then the court decided that it had made an unintentional error in evaluating the authenticity of gouache paintings by Boris Grigoriev

June 20, 2017 district court in St. Petersburg refused to the collector Andrey Vasilyev in satisfaction of a civil claim of 16 000 000 rubles to the art critic Elena Basner.

the Position of the plaintiff was that as a result of an incorrect assessment of Respondent authenticity of gouache paintings by Boris Grigoriev, "restaurant" ("Paris cafe") he bought a fake for $250 000 (15 000 000 rubles at the rate of 60 rubles to the dollar). This fact was previously a criminal case, but the court's decision Basner was justified. May 17, 2016, the court came to the conclusion about the innocence of Elena Veniaminovna of fraud (article 159 of the Russian criminal code section 4), deciding that the former expert of the auction house Bukowskis made an unintentional mistake.

this time the claim of Andrey Vasileva Elena Basner again rejected. Perhaps the court could again find that Basner was not a party to the transaction and did not receive the money. In addition, there is the question of Statute of limitations. TASS reports that the defense intends to appeal the decision.

Source: tass.ru

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