in the Tver court of Moscow with the latest remarks were made by the owners of the gallery Russian Collection wife Tatyana and Igor Preobrazhensky. Antique dealers accused of selling forged paintings, tax evasion and the kidnapping outline brush Konstantin Makovsky. State prosecution has asked for thousands Transfiguration 11 years of the colony, to Mr. Transfiguration - 10 years. The couple insisted on his innocence.

The trial of the owners of the gallery "Russian Collection of Tatiana and Igor Preobrazhensky began in January this year (Kommersant reported this January 16). Throughout most of the trial, Mrs. Transfiguration was in jail, and her husband - under travel restrictions. Recently, however, the court sanctioned the arrest of Igor Transfiguration - state prosecution has submitted a printout of his telephone conversations, from which, according to law enforcement agencies, it followed that the defendant is trying to exert pressure on witnesses in the case.

Recall that a couple of Transfiguration accused of fraud in large-scale, committed by a group of people - namely, to sell five forged paintings by the commercial director of the company Elex Auto "Valery Uzzhinu, failure to pay value added tax for the period 2003-2005 amounting to $ 4, 9 million rubles. and at the same time the kidnapping outline Konstantin Makovsky's "Nude with a tambourine, which consequently valued at $ 30 thousand

Spouses of the blame for themselves or the investigation or the court did not recognize. In their version, their prosecution was instigated by the victim Uzzhinym in order to seize their property and valuables. The blame for counterfeiting Tatiana Preobrajenskaya laid on a wanted art dealer Dmitry Kuteinikova.

In the debate of the parties prosecutor asked for Tatiana Transfiguration 11 years regime penal colony, for her husband - 10 years of colony. According to the defense, the prosecutor called time shocked at present - no one expected that would be sought such a severe punishment. Protection in response suggested that the accused were acquitted for lack of evidence of their guilt. His final speech, Igor Transfiguration was very brief and merely asked to justify it. Speech is Tatiana Transfiguration, held yesterday, was quite thorough and very emotional.

Dear Court - the beginning of the defendant - here, in the center of Moscow, is the massacre of me and my family. Criminal prosecution of the two candidates have organized previously convicted people to grab my belongings and paintings. Turning to the core of the charges, Mrs. Preobrazhenskaya said: "I am an art historian, and could not itself make an examination of paintings. Here in the courtroom, sitting set of lawyers, but they are unlikely to make an examination of the corpse. Because it is not their profile. And to define authenticity of the paintings - not my profile. What do you mean fraud, if there was expert opinion center Grabar? "I wanted to create a public auction in Moscow, and, apparently, someone did not like it." The episode of the sketch Makovsky defendant acknowledged this: "Figure inexpensive, only $ 10 thousand, it also must be taken into account when sentencing." Sometimes excitement Tatiana Transfiguration began to talk about himself in third person. In particular, she stated that "The Transfiguration was not familiar with Kuteinikova ... The only thing you can accuse the Transfiguration, - unintentional injury." Referring to her husband, the defendant broke into tears. "I do not understand what a driver for ten years?" - She cried.

In conclusion, Mrs. Preobrajenskaya invited her and her husband's release, and the case is assigned to a civil court. "My request to read out the verdict only in the resolution part" - suddenly she finally asked the judge. He visibly surprised, but replied: "OK."

Verdict planned to announce on August 6.