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In the Sverdlovsk region on the results of testing of the prosecution criminal case of theft of jewels from the museum collection

Based on materials from an audit conducted prosecutor Sverdlovsk region, brought criminal charges of theft of jewels from the museum collection of the Federal State Unitary Geological industrial enterprise "Central Urals in with. Novo-Alekseevka Pervouralsk.

The museum is a unique collection of minerals, which was assembled by geologists in the Urals for 70 years. It includes hundreds of titles of rare specimens of precious and semiprecious stones.

Information about the disappearance of valuable copies of the collection came to the prosecutor of the Office of the Federal Service for Supervision of Law for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (Rosokhrankultura) in the Ural Federal District.

During the prosecutor's check, for the management of which involve specialists Rosokhrankultura the Urals Federal District and the police, were compared to the preserved documents of the Soviet period, video tours of the museum, as well as explanations of persons who had seen this collection before. The audit has been determined the disappearance of dozens of museum specimens, including rare topaz and beryl weighing several kilograms. According to preliminary estimates the cost of stolen samples of several million rubles.

It should be noted that during the checking of representatives of law enforcement and regulatory authorities had to face opposition from the leadership of the museum , who refused to let inspectors into the room, where the collection.

Through the intervention of the prosecutor's office, on the basis of collected supporting documents, investigative authority of the Office of Internal Affairs on Urban District Pervouralsk opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under part 1 of article. 158 of the Criminal Code (theft). Being wanted criminals and stolen minerals.

The investigation of criminal cases are supervised by the procuracy Sverdlovsk oblasti. /genproc.gov.ru