Kyiv wants to impose sanctions against museum workers in Crimea
The Ukrainian Ministry of Culture intends to launch sanctions against the directors and employees of Crimean museums involved in the illegal transport of Ukrainian cultural goods across the border, as stated by the Ministry in response to an inquiry by Krym.Realii.
"The use of museum items of the Museum Fund of Ukraine, stored in the relevant institutions of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, for exhibiting outside Ukraine is illegal," the Ministry said.
The Ministry noted that it has lost connection with museums on the peninsula since the annexation of the Crimea, but it was able to gather some information regarding the trnsportation of paintings from Crimea to Russia.
Criminal proceedings for “unsanctioned actions” have been initiated regarding the transfer of 38 paintings from the collection of the Aivazovsky National Art Gallery from Crimea to Russia in 2016.