Форум по искусству и инвестициям в искусство - Crimean border guards confiscated Russians rarity edition of Anna Karenina

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Crimean border on December 8 from citizens of Russia illegally exported rarity edition of Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and binder magazines Niwa XIX century.

As the press-service of the Azov-Black Sea border guard control, 48-year-old citizen of Russia tried to illegally withdraw from the territory of Ukraine rare printed materials.

At the checkpoint Crimea during border and customs control in Russia's Mitsubishi car registration were found Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina 1913 edition and boarding magazines Niwa for 1880.

Printed matter of cultural significance, was removed.

On this fact the Crimean customs officials drafted a report on violation of customs regulations.

It should be noted that Ukrainian customs officials do not often confronted with cases of illegal export of Ukrainian cultural values. So, 29 November 2009 Borispol Customs officers have prevented export from Ukraine of old icons.

In August 2009, Borispol Customs officers seized from the Americans a number of valuable items that he was going to take to France, among them - the skull of a fossil amphibian tube handmade beginning of the XIX century, pocket watches of the XIX century, marine fossils and fossils as primitive tools, wood blocks with letters to the press.

Recall also that the 1 August 2008 from the Odessa Museum of Western and Oriental art was stolen painting by the Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio's Taking of Christ into custody or Judas Kiss (1573-1602). His estimate of $ 100 million fabric has not yet been found.