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Theft of cultural property, theft of paintings, icons and antiques always resonates. The struggle against such crimes and the search for the kidnapped - one of the priorities of the Department of Criminal Investigation (DepUR) MIA. Total now in police databases listed about 60 thousand stolen items. On the activities of operatives in their search for and work to prevent further thefts police colonel Viktor Ishchenko told the special correspondent "Newspapers" Vladimir Barinova.
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When the criminal investigation appeared special unit to combat attacks on cultural values?

The decision to create them was motivated by the sharp increase in crimes related to theft of cultural property in the 90's. If in 1989 there were recorded 375, then in 1993 - already 4796, and the detection was about 30%. In 1992, government regulation, establish a specialized unit to combat attacks on cultural values. As a result, a clear, coherent, systematic work of their staff the situation was dramatically reversed. In 2008 recorded 1,156 thefts of cultural property, and for the first six months of 2009-th - 750.

Why do criminals so interesting ancient Russian art and antiques?

Antiques, Old Paintings, icons - of the few products that are in the Soviet Union clearly had an equivalent in dollar terms.

Operatives working on the disclosure of such thefts, requires special skills ...

Yes, this work is specific and requires not only good operational skills, but also specialized knowledge in the field of art history, as well as prices and demand for the product. Must be able to find common language with the museum staff, collectors. Therefore, from the earliest days in these units were selected investigators who are interested in history and art. I would say that in the department to combat attacks on cultural values DepUR working member of the Artists Union of Russia and member of the Writers' Union of Russia.

What are the main features of the operational work on the disclosure of theft of cultural property?

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The issues that have to decide is extremely wide. The peculiarity of such crimes in the fact that among the main tasks - not only expose the perpetrator and collect evidence, but also the return of stolen: since the object of criminal infringement are unique items. When they steal cars and video equipment, we know that, despite the high cost, these are things the serial, many of them and they can produce again. A view of culture - is unique, its loss creates a gap in the cultural space of Russia. Given that the search of some items is not even years - decades! Particularly valuable things travel around the world, and sometimes only the efforts of police, Interpol, the public can bring them back.

How many items of cultural value to the country at the moment stolen? Is the development of their accounting?

Yes, this record is the Interior Ministry of Russia. Now it is about 60 thousand stolen objects, including 40 thousand - stolen and not yet found the icon. Work on the search for values is a clear and intense, we try to do everything possible.

Where to go stolen?

A significant number of crimes committed under the order by organized criminal groups. Often, antiquities stolen targeted for export abroad. DepUR Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the Investigation Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 2008, suspended the activity of an organized criminal group, which by some estimates, exported abroad, including in the United States, 50 containers of cultural values. In the case of arrested U.S. citizen and two in Russia on one of them - expert of the Ministry of Culture, which gave out false authorization to export.

What is the direction of the department to combat theft of cultural property can be considered the most important?

This obstruction of looting of the museum fund. Then in recent years done a lot. In Russia there are about 2 thousand museums, which hold approximately 80 million items. According to statistics, from 2004 to 2009 committed 270 thefts from museums, exhibition halls, art galleries, libraries and archives. In 2008 - 46 crimes in 2009 - 6. Thus far the number of latent crimes related to theft of cultural treasures from the museum's storerooms. The peak of such crimes to the year 2000 - when they were 95.

Moreover, the relevance of the problem is not determined by the number of crimes, and objects assault. Are changing and how to commit crimes. So there are very few classical theft with breaking into and theft of exhibits: the bulk of items stolen from the museum's storerooms, the storage library. In doing so, it involved museum staff, who themselves or commit them, or serve customers and gunner.

Theft with the use of official position, the most dangerous, as revealed through the years and sometimes decades. And sometimes criminals substitute copies of paintings, for example, was the painting by Aivazovsky in the Astrakhan Museum of Fine Arts. Serious concern and preservation of the collections of libraries, archives. Procedure of registration and storage of rare antiquarian books in some libraries is that the curiosities steal, just getting them out of the funds upon request.

What are the main causes and conditions conducive to the theft from museums?

In the first significant deficiencies in the recording and storage of values, lack of full descriptions and photographic images of objects, which makes it possible for their prey, and substitution. In a number of museums exhibits are not included with the 40-ies of XX century. Thus, in the department of the Hermitage, where in 2006 was committed theft, reconciliation items not carried out since 1978, and fotofiksirovano was only 10%of stolen items.

What other types of crimes antique direction? After stealing not only from museums ...

Yes, most crimes are committed for the sake of taking possession of cultural values stored in the flats and private properties. This entire collection of stolen paintings, decorative and applied art, icons. Such crimes are distinguished by thorough preparation, which sometimes several months, high-quality entry into homes, pre-defined distribution channels and smuggling. Revealed they are quite heavy. Sometimes things are discovered through many years.

In 2006, in the Arkhangelsk region was a theft from the workshop Honored artists of Russia Fedor Fatyanova and Rashid Sagadeeva. 58 paintings were missing, of cultural value, and antiques. During the investigation, our employees have received information about the location of one painting Sagadeeva - a portrait of Lenin. Middleman was detained during a search they found 49 stolen paintings, 25 icons, and firearms. Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev triumphantly returned to the artists and their pictures, and later caught and convicted of two criminals.

Theft of decorations and medals, retirees, veterans - it is also the theft of cultural property?

Yes, but these crimes stand out. Demand for medals is increasing every year, including on the world market. Prices of some orders of the Great Patriotic War, especially those relating to historical figures, reaches tens and even hundreds of thousands of euros. Distribution received crimes related to theft by free access to the orders of veterans. Often for them to trust the criminals are under the guise of social workers, journalists and commit theft, diverting the attention of the victims. Typically, these deal with ethnic organized crime groups from those of the Roma ethnic group. Such crimes are of public interest, since the victims are elderly, often helpless people who have a significant contribution to the country, past heroic way.

Crimes committed by "black diggers", are also considered an attack on the cultural heritage of the country?
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Exactly. This is - illegal archaeological and paleontological excavations. They have acquired a special scale, when there were powerful underlying metal detectors, which cost about $ 2 thousand - the basic tool of amateur archeologists. They simply destroy the historical monuments and valuable archaeological material, including articles of precious metals and stones, becomes the subject of sale.

As a result of operational search activities CID officers of the Krasnodar Territory in April 2009 suspended the activity of a criminal group, waging illegal excavations. Two of its members caught red-handed during the excavations of Scythian burial mounds with tools and deep metal detector. During the searches they have removed the old pitcher, spit, a piece of horse harness, the kernel, coins.

What is the general situation on the antiques market today?

It is observed a sharp increase criminalization. This is due to higher prices for works of art, mainly - Russian art and objects of decorative and applied art. From the period of default temporarily fallen prices of Russian artists of the XIX century have increased many times over, some - in the dozens. The same can be said about the old porcelain, icons, Faberge products. A number of antiques in the market does not satisfy the demand, which is caused by the fact that works of art - the most profitable of legal investments. In this regard, an increasing number of scams. And, according to expert estimates, they bring criminals most revenue.

The most common were counterfeit works of art, in particular, works of famous masters. A typical example - high-profile case of fraud capital of Antiquaries Preobrazhensky spouses who have been sentenced to long terms. Over the years they have sold in Moscow works of Western painting, which produced a signature is much more "expensive" Russian artists of the twentieth century. They caused damage to more than $ 500 thousand But because of such action actually rewritten the history of art, and the damage to world culture - is much greater than the material losses!

The attention of thieves and swindlers have recently increasingly switched from antiques to works of the twentieth century. In this case there is a sharp increase in interest in the Soviet period, the works of socialist realism. Criminal Investigation Department of the Interior Ministry of Russia in this year removed the picture of the Soviet period, stolen by criminals in Moscow have pensioner Belan-nut with substance use. Among them - a classic of social realism paintings Dmitry Nalbandian of particular cultural value.

Prepared with the support and assistance of staff DepUR Interior Minister Ilya Ryasnii and spokesman DepUR Margarita Maslova.

Published in the publication "Gazeta", № 211 dated November 10, 2009
http://www.gzt.ru/Gazeta/intervjyu2/270837.html

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neater ...
Present else abruptly Minister will be ...

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Ask a question or write a letter to police chief in Moscow
Major General of militia
Vladimir Kolokoltseva

A criminal case is opened, the prosecutor wrote, and the police about the "landing" I have no hope, but hope and confidence in their own (remember Urzhina).

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(remember Urzhina).

There, the situation is different, you have a much easier, you have everything on the surface, fraud is obvious, but it has its moments of negative (a long chain of intermediaries).