Stolen in Ukraine and sold: Russians put up for auction a painting that is internationally wanted
Russia wants to sell the work of famous Ukrainian artist Ivan Aivazovskyy at an auction. Earlier, Ukraine put the painting on an international wanted list.
This was reported by the former deputy prosecutor-general and former prosecutor of Crimea, Gunduz Mammadov, in social network X.
According to him, Russia should put up for auction the painting "Moon Night" by Ivan Aivazovsky, painted in 1878.
This painting was among 52 canvases that were illegally transferred to the Simferopol Art Museum in Crimea," it said.
Mammadov recalled that in 2017 Interpol, at the request of the Crimean prosecutor's office, declared the work internationally wanted. Thus Russia once again violates international law, in particular the UNESCO Convention of 1970, which prohibits the export and transfer of ownership of cultural property.
Russian media also report about plans to sell the painting of the Ukrainian artist. It is known that the auction will be held in the Moscow auction house on 18 February. "Moon Night" Aivazovsky, tentatively estimated at 100 million rubles.
Eugenia Ruban writes about political and economic news. She looks at large-scale phenomena in Ukrainian politics and economics from the perspective of how they will affect ordinary Ukrainians.
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