Russian Interpol found the stolen painting Levitan

[SergeiSK]

The UK has revealed a picture of Isaac Levitan, "The Road", was kidnapped about 10 years ago, the Russian private collector, said the head of the National Central Bureau of Interpol, the Russian Interior Ministry Timur Lakhonin. His words RIA Novosti reported.
Negotiations are under way for the return of the painting. No details of abduction paintings, including the name of the owner, Lakhonin not named. Note that Levitan often painted roads in rural areas, and specifically what the picture meant, and it is not clear.
Head of the Interpol bureau said that was also able to withdraw from auction decree of Emperor Alexander I, Catherine II, Nicholas I and Nicholas II, stolen from Russia in 1995. The issue of their transfer to Russia is also solved.
Lakhonin also said that now Russian bureau of Interpol in conjunction with colleagues from Europe is trying to clamp down on international criminal group that forges paintings of Russian and foreign artists. detail he did not disclose.
(Lenta.Ru)