The Russians illegally removed 164 archaeological artifacts from temporarily occupied Crimea, found during excavations of the ancient cities of Nymphaeum and Panticapaeum.
This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
"Since 2022, Russian museums have been conducting systematic propaganda activities in the occupied territories: organizing exhibitions, lectures, and educational programs aimed at legitimizing the occupation. Their goal is to integrate Ukrainian museums into the Russian cultural space and destroy Ukrainian identity," the GUR noted.
Among the persons involved in the GUR were named:
Irina Zhukova is the director of the "All-Russian Historical and Ethnographic Museum", who in 2024 organized the exhibition "Unity through the Ages" in the temporarily occupied Luhansk region to promote the "historical connection of Donbas with Russia".
Alexander Shkolnik is the director of the "Museum of the Great Patriotic War", on the basis of which in 2023 training was conducted for museum workers from occupied Donetsk on the promotion of Russian history among museum visitors.
The list of "inheritance thieves" also includes the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, the "History of the Fatherland" foundation headed by him, and the Russian Historical Society, which has 7 branches in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
We previously reported that the Russian occupation authorities of Crimea plan to "nationalize" the property of 114 legal entities and individuals.