Paintings seized in the apartment of the former head of the Department of Property Relations of the Russian Defense Ministry Evgenia Vasilyeva during searches in the investigation of the case "Oboronservis" may belong to the Defense Ministry. This version sounded a former head of the press service of the Ministry of Defense, the military commentator of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" Victor Baranets.
"Besides jewelry, there are a large number of rare paintings by famous Russian artists Repin, Vasnetsov, Aivazovsky. I managed to reach the Cultural Center of the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defense in which the commission, according to my information, seized about 57 paintings alleged to decorate buildings of Sochi for the Olympics -2014. Their work, investigators say, was in the apartment of Ms. Vasilyeva, "- said in an interview V.Baranets RSN.
Searched the apartment E.Vasilevoy last 25 October. In addition to paintings, the house of ex-official's Defense Ministry seized more than 3 million rubles., As well as antiques and jewelry.
Earlier it was reported that the Main Investigation Department of the Military TFR initiated five criminal cases in connection with fraud in the sale of real estate, land and shares owned by JSC "Oboronservis." Preliminary damage from sale of real estate only eight of more than 3 billion rubles.
According to the investigation, officials of the Defense Ministry chose the property complex of "Oboronservis" the most liquid and most prestigious objects, sites and events, including in Moscow. Then this property is making huge budget, then the property was sold at substantially lower prices affiliated with "Oboronservis" commercial structures. However, many properties were bought with cash stolen from the very same "Oboronservis."
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