Old books by Russian authors began to be stolen en masse from German libraries. The newspaper writes about this Picture.
According to the publication, some European experts accuse Russian officials of crimes.
It is stated that in January 2024, five volumes were stolen from the Berlin State Library, including three books by Alexander Pushkin, “The Robber Brothers” dated 1827, “Boris Godunov” dated 1831 and “The Prisoner of the Caucasus” dated 1828. Their value on the black market exceeds 100 thousand euros (about 9.9 million rubles).
Additionally, two Russian books were stolen from the Bavarian State Library. In Saxony, people complained about the theft of Russian books.
Bild writer Diana Kassal writes that the attackers used fake passports, pretending to be scholars of 19th-century Russian literature. They scan every page of a rare book, make a copy, replace it with the original and keep it for themselves.
Before that in France detained A group of criminals involved in the theft of lifetime editions of Russian writers Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol and Mikhail Lermontov from libraries in European cities.
Previously in France caught A Georgian gang stealing rare books by Pushkin.