Painting stolen from Tretyakov gallery found

Art
  • 28 January, 2019
  • 05:34
Painting stolen from Tretyakov gallery found

Baku. 28 January. REPORT.AZ / Employees of the Russian Interior Ministry together with the FSB detained a suspect in the theft of the painting "AI-Petri. Crimea " by Arkhip Kuindzhi from the Tretyakov gallery, spokesperson of the Russian Interior Ministry Irina Volk said.

Report informs citing RT that the 31-year-old man was detained in Zarechye village outside Moscow.

According to him, he hid a picture in the territory of the facility under construction in Odintsovo district, where it was further seized by the police.

By preliminary data, the crime was committed for personal gains.