Figure 4 Benoit at Sheremetyevo customs office

[sportsmen]

Sheremetyevo International Airport, Terminal D, Sheremetyevo customs officers during the search operations have stopped trying to import into the territory of the Russian Federation of cultural values.

Arrived on a flight from New York's passenger, a Russian citizen, was returning to Moscow from the famous auction CHRISTIE'S. In pursuit of a "green corridor" was halted customs inspector. As a result of the examination in one of the bags the women were found four book illustrations (sketches of male and female costumes), packed in a cardboard box.

According to the results of expert examination revealed that these items are authentic classical theater works by Alexander Benois, among them - sketches of theatrical costumes "Skorokhod," A man in uniform, "" Dancing Queen "and" GENTLEWOMAN. These works date from the beginning of XX century and represent a sample of high-level Russian theatrical dekaratsionnogo art. Sketches and works by Alexander Benois, subject to the law of the Russian Federation dated 15.04.1993 "On export and import of cultural values."


Based on current legislation, items that are defined as cultural property, subject to written declaration with the mandatory registration.

At present, this fact Sheremetyevo customs investigation department of review under Part 2 of Art. 188 of the Criminal Code. http://www.customs.ru/ru/press/of_ne...hp?id286=37806


Eh, no luck girl. Not only is confiscated as contraband, so more and go to trial. But only because of the fact that she did not know about the declaration of the art imported into Russia. It is in Europe and the U.S. nobody cares what you bring in a piece of art, but in Russia everything should be declare.

I myself had a similar situation when I first caught at customs for import of antiquities. True, the customs officers found all that stuff, just sent me to declare to the duty representative Min. Culture there at the airport. As it turned out: "and could in fact and a razor blade across his throat slash" (C).

[Евгений]

Dear art lovers, novice collectors on the forum have all the information read ..... >
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Import of cultural property for personal, family and other non-enterprise needs:
http://artinvestment.ru/invest/law/2..._property.html
RF Law of 15 April 1993 N 4804-I
"On Export and Import of Cultural Property"

... Article 7. Category of items subject to this Act
Under this Act subject to the following categories of objects:
historical values, including those associated with historic events in the life of nations, the development of society and state, the history of science and technology, as well as the life and activities of prominent personalities (government, politicians, public figures, thinkers, scientists, literature, art) ;
objects and fragments resulting from the archaeological excavations;
artistic interest, including:
paintings and drawings produced entirely by hand on any basis and in any material;
original sculptural works of any material, including reliefs;
original artistic compositions and montages in any material;
artistically decorated objects of cult destination, particularly icons;
etchings, engravings, lithographs and original printed form;

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works of decorative art, including art glass, ceramics, wood, metal, bone, tissue and other materials;
products of traditional folk crafts;
components and fragments of architectural, historical and artistic monuments and monumental art;
old books, publications of special interest (historical, artistic, scientific and literary), singly or in collections;
rare manuscripts and documentary monuments;
archives, including photos, sound, film, video archives;
unique and rare musical instruments;
postage stamps, other philatelic materials, singly or in collections;
ancient coins, orders, medals, stamps and other collectibles;
Rare collections and specimens of flora and fauna, objects of interest for such branches of science, like mineralogy, anatomy and paleontologiya;
other movable objects, including copies of historical, artistic, scientific or other cultural importance, as well as taken by the state under the protection of both cultural and historical monuments.

Article 8. Cultural goods and souvenirs
This Law shall not apply to modern souvenirs, cultural goods serial and mass production.

Article 188. Contraband http://www.kadis.ru/kodeks.phtml?kodeks=20&paper=188

[uriart]

sportsmen, it is also a good man and found stukanul girl.

[Евгений]

uriart, Jura, and where does "stukanuli?
Zhlobstvo Russian ... that's all.

[uriart]

Eugene, people have zashuganny!

[Евгений]

Сообщение от "uriart

Eugene, people have zashuganny!

Jura, what are you?
At Christie zashugannye, as a rule, do not buy ... you read that the forum is sometimes written "collectors" who buy at Western auctions and what advice they give and you all will understand ..

[sportsmen]

Сообщение от uriart

sportsmen, it is also a good man and found stukanul girl.

Yes, no one knocked, she, at his lamerstvu, surrendered himself. What I do not know the whole process on our tamozhkah passing a thousand times through the whole kitchen?

Everything was standard. She flew, went through the green channel. Customs officer, as always selectively requests put some luggage on the scanner. Sitting behind the monitor asks the standard phrase:

- What are taking, Citizen citizeness?

She told him how well the spirit, have no doubt
in this response:

- Yes I'm taking nothing of the sort - a laptop, iPhone, a couple of sheets at an auction.

Of course, having heard the word "auction". customs officer immediately asked them to open the luggage and show a purchase from this auction. Now and then he invited the representative of Aeroportovskiy Ministry of Culture, who spoke about the value of these vouchers.

Sami customs of his intellect is not much different from those moments, there go to work every trash to good nakolbasit money. And there do not stay long - tolerate or conclusions. I already shaken by all customs any excuse just 10, driving into the room and asking him to put on a newspaper, a certain amount of money. It is seen that a naive girl guessed amicably agree with the customs, dumps him for such purpose pieces 10 bucks. And, apparently, brought elements of the investigator (100%as always happens), where it was too late to drink Borjomi.

In any case, the girl had guaranteed the success of the passage, if not said anything about the auction. The scanner will not see antiques in the form of illustrations or pictures. And open the luggage he required only in cases seen by the scanner the set of all electronic equipment, or something of this extraordinary, amazing. For the sake of what he saw on the scanner, the paper he would never need to open the luggage, except for special paper in the bank roll ...

But even if he asks to open the luggage and find a picture, you still do not understand their brains value of these illustrations. Another thing, if it found the stones and gold. Or at least antique clock. For this special spices do not even have to be. And the stuff of the illustrations for it as Filkin diploma. "Well bought bloshinke for a nickel, I would like in the toilet these women stick on the wall." For these illustrations, even the customs officer shall not lift up your ass. But the trouble is that she honestly about the auction and the amount for which she bought them. Thus drove myself into a swamp.

One of the main rules for the Russian customs: you should never tell the truth. Customs is not confessional, but a hellish purgatory, which must go through trickery and lies.

[Алек Сандер]

Perhaps it was easier . It is not excluded that the girl acre Christie's , has visited such well-known London selling the house as " Harrods "and " Selfridge ( along with New Bond Street , where sit all sorts of brands) . Our tourists love to go back to Russia with a bright bag with all sorts of modest inscriptions such as Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Harrods. And customs , all these brands are well aware . And when there is such beauty here , proudly waving the purchase , they immediately invited her to put the luggage on the belt to check and then tell her that the import into Russia of purchases can only be 1500 euro and for the rest must pay customs tax . " And now the show that you have purchased ? "

What I can not believe that she took it and just said about the auction . A scanner on slips of paper are not visible . Hence , looking into your luggage. But it needs a reason .

[олег назаров]

Сообщение от "sportsmen

One of the main rules for the Russian customs: you should never tell the truth.
Customs is not confessional, but a hellish purgatory, which must go through trickery and lies.

 
 
Super quote!

[sportsmen]

Сообщение от Eugene

But before that , preferably , just a little to read the law :

Know the laws , of course , necessary. But they do not always help. As I have convinced hundreds of times on each tamozhke its laws and its own power . It is futile to appeal to his experience on the other route , you still tell that they are the correct and law-abiding , and all the others are simply criminals . And all this will be diluted portions meaningless rhetoric with gentlemanly set the phrases: " according to the decision 256.4a under Decree No. 2739 , paragraph "b " from 22.04.2011 ", " taking into account the inverse cost of imported goods , " " we are entitled to , "Decree of the Deputy Minister of 14/05/2011 " , " to prevent " and so on. Which translated into Russian sounds : chase grandmother and fooling.

But most importantly , as the more classic of Russian literature : " The severity of Russian laws is softened by not having their performance "