Russia wants to sell a picture of Aivazovsky stolen from Ukraine, which Interpol was wanted

According to the expirer of the Prosecutor General Gunduz Mammadov, in 2014, the invaders illegally transferred 52 canvases to the Simferopol Art Museum. He stressed that the aggressor country is openly neglected by international law. The Russians intend to auction a painting of Ukrainian artist Ivan Aivazovsky "Monthly Night". In 2014, it was illegally transferred to the Simferopol Art Museum at the beginning of the Russian occupation of Crimea among more than fifty canvases.

This was reported by the expirer of the Prosecutor General, the former Prosecutor of the Crimea Gunduz Mammadov in X (former Twitter). "This picture was among the 52 canvases that were illegally transferred to the Simferopol Art Museum in the Crimea," the message reads. According to Mammadov, in 2017, on the submission of the Crimean Prosecutor's Office, Interpol announced these 52 paintings, including "Lunar Night", on the international wanted list.

"Thus, the Russian Federation is openly neglected by international law, because according to the UNESCO Convention in 1970 - the export of cultural values ​​and the transfer of property rights is forbidden," he emphasized.

Recall that on October 24, the Security Service of Ukraine, together with the Bab and police of the Kingdom of Spain, neutralized a transnational criminal group that illegally removed the products of Scythian gold from Ukraine for sale in the countries of the European Union. On November 27, the National Museum of History of Ukraine reported that Scythian gold was returned to Ukraine after ten years of lawsuits in the Netherlands.