'Just the way the Sralin&Nazis did': Evidence suggests Muscovites are stealing art from Ukraine on a World War II scale

[Litwin]

One of many Russian semitrailer trucks removing works of art from the Kherson Regional Art Museum.

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Last fall, Ukrainian troops were closing in on Kherson, rolling back Russian forces who had seized the city after Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine. At the Kherson Regional Art Museum, a team of armed Russians in civilian clothes arrived along with several large trucks and buses. Over five days, they hauled away more than 11,000 pieces of art, including paintings, sculptures, graphics and other works from Ukraine and around the world, said Alina Dotsenko, the director of the museum. “It was obvious that it was all planned. The decision to loot the museum was not made on the spot,” Dotsenko said. “It was all carefully planned.” The theft, verified by human rights monitors and independent scholars, was not an isolated incident. The thefts include precious Scythian gold jewelry dating to the fourth century B.C., ancient coins and thousands of paintings from museums and private collections, researchers said. Some art and cultural sites have been severely damaged and destroyed.

A growing body of evidence suggests Russian forces are systematically stealing art and cultural artifacts from Ukraine on a scale not seen in Europe since the Nazi plunder of World War II, according to researchers and experts documenting the damage. The organized campaign of looting and destruction, targeting hundreds of cultural monuments, churches and museums, appears aimed at wiping out Ukraine’s history and cultural identity, experts said. “They are trying to erase Ukrainian identity, just the way the Nazis did,” said Chris Marinello, an art restitution lawyer and the founder of a stolen and looted art recovery firm. Putin’s “forces have bombed, shelled and destroyed hundreds of sites and places that epitomize Ukrainian identity and heritage — from churches and museums to archaeological sites and monuments,” said Richard Kurin, the ambassador-at-large of the Smithsonian Institution. “He seeks to eliminate the physical markers of Ukraine’s distinctive culture so as to conform to his warped view that there is no such culture.” The Russian Embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment.

The wholesale theft and/or destruction of precious cultural artifacts is another facet of intentional genocide.

Russians are stealing art from Ukraine on World War II scale, experts say

“Our research suggests that this looting is state-sponsored by Russia,” said a researcher at the Smithsonian Institution, which is preparing a report on the massive scale of the theft.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Donald H]

And on a scale of the stolen antiquities from Iraq.

To the victors go the spoils of war.

 

[toomuchtime_]

And on a scale of the stolen antiquities from Iraq.

To the victors go the spoils of war.

Are these imaginary stolen antiquities from Iraq?

 

[Litwin]

And on a scale of the stolen antiquities from Iraq.

NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WHAT LENIN & SRALIN DID

Russia displays looted German treasure

Exhibition fails to end row over ownership of stolen artefacts.

www.theguardian.com

Russian Soldiers Send Home 58 Tons of Looted Items from Ukraine — Investigation - The Moscow Times

Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine have sent home at least 58 metric tons of looted goods since the start of the invasion in late February, according to an investigation published by independent news site Mediazona.

www.themoscowtimes.com

 

[Donald H]

NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WHAT LENIN & SRALIN DID

Russia displays looted German treasure

Exhibition fails to end row over ownership of stolen artefacts.

www.theguardian.com

Russian Soldiers Send Home 58 Tons of Looted Items from Ukraine — Investigation - The Moscow Times

Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine have sent home at least 58 metric tons of looted goods since the start of the invasion in late February, according to an investigation published by independent news site Mediazona.

www.themoscowtimes.com

Lenin and Stalin.

The Soviets were there at the right time to take back from the Nazis nearly everything, and including anything of value that the German people had.

Spoils of war.

 

[xyz]

They also looted from the countries they occupied and made communist.

Although they haven't occupied as much to get close to WII levels, except maybe proportionally.

 

[Litwin]

They also looted from the countries they occupied and made communist.

and they still hide the loot, even the closest ally loot , from Belarus. i know a guy who saw tonnes of the loot in SP , Muscovite dont even know what to do with all loot which they stolen from EUROPEANS

 

[Litwin]

Lenin and Stalin.

The Soviets were there at the right time to take back from the Nazis nearly everything, and including anything of value that the German people had.

Spoils of war.

WHATS ABOUT Pols, Belarusians, Ukrainians , etc. ?