From the belfry of the Church of the Smolensk icon of the Mother of God in the village Fedorov near Yaroslavl stole 4 bells total weight of 12 kg.. About the theft happened last week, but said it only at the moment.

Law enforcement officials said that the theft took place in the period from 14 to 19 October. Today the amount of loss. Initiated criminal proceedings under the article "Theft", informs TASS referring to law enforcement.

A case of theft of 2 for this month. This theft happened in Yaroslavl. October 15, from Church of the Resurrection in the village of Levashovo nekrasovskoe district unknown attackers stole 3 icons that date back to the nineteenth century.

In St. Petersburg, on the contrary,were found ancient icons. As already knew Melbourne Herald sun found a treasure employees of the Investigative Committee and the Federal security service of Russia, scouring the countryside zone in Small Mitrofan street. The surprise of the investigators had no limits when they come to 200 paintings of the XVII-XIX centuries.

Law enforcement officials believe that the treasure may belong to the former Minister of Finance of Moscow region Alexey Kuznetsov, reports LifeNews. It is worth noting that the official charged with the complaint of stealing from the Treasury of the order of 10 billion rubles.

Experts believe that the ancient painting was stored in a warehouse since August 20, 2014. Each canvas was wrapped with polyethylene and Packed in a cardboard box.

Together with paintings investigators found several ancient icons. In art there is no inventory and serial numbers. The author of some of them is futurist David Burliuk.

Professionals only shines to evaluate the find. However it is already known that the price of the paintings may be more than 700 thousand pounds, reports "Interfax". The same amount was offered collectors for work Burliuk at Sotheby's.
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