The confiscated collection of Janna bullock distributed to museums
ARTinvestment.RU   05 августа 2019

In August, the paintings will go in the Moscow Museum complex "New Jerusalem", and books — in the historical-литературный Museum-заповедник Pushkin in greater Vyazemy

Janna bullock — ex-wife extradited from Europe ex-министра of Finance of Moscow region Alexey Kuznetsov, who is now on trial in Moscow for embezzlement of billions of dollars from Moscow budget. Bullock is an American citizen and moved to the United States, with whom Russia has no extradition Treaty. Last year a Russian court in absentia sentenced her to 11 years in prison for fraud and legalization of funds.

the Press reported that the arrested collection bullock was not only the Russian classics but also works by artists of the Russian abroad (Andrei Lanskoy, Serge charchoune, etc.), as well as the work of the first names of world art, including modern painters (Julian Schnabel, David Salle, etc.).

In the Museum "New Jerusalem" will do the works Constantine and Vladimir Makovsky, Vasily Surikov, Isaac Levitan, Robert Falk, Alexander Benois, Ivan Shishkin, Marc Chagall and other Russian artists. There will be engaged in the examination of authenticity and will continue to decide on the exposure.

it is significant that the state, as in other cases confiscation of the paintings did not sell at auction to cover the damages, but simply distributed to museums.

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

Sources: kommersant.ru, ria.ru