Ordered to prepare museum artifacts for evacuation in the event of disasters or warfare

The Center for National Resistance, citing a letter from the russian "Crimean Ministry of Culture" reports that the department of the russian administration of Crimea responsible for historical artifacts and cultural objects has ordered its subordinate institutions to prepare museum treasures for evacuation from the peninsula.

The document does not specify the reasons for the removal of museum collections, nor does it specify the places of their likely arrival.

"But there is a high risk that the most valuable items will be transported from Crimea to the internationally recognized territory of the russian federation", the Center for National Resistance said.

The occupiers in the letter point to the need to clarify the list of "places of evacuation of valuables" in case of disasters or military actions. The material emphasizes that such a list should have been approved long ago in accordance with the laws of the russian federation, but the enemy asks to confirm the information through a new "letter of the Ministry of Culture". Thus, the administrations of Crimean museums were given time to do this until July 1.

According to the document, the enemy will take out at least part of the monuments of culture and history outside the peninsula.

"The russians are trying to speed up the processes of typologizing and evaluating museum artifacts in Crimea. Museum workers in Crimea are creating electronic registers of works of art and historical monuments and transferring the information to the electronic museum fund of the russian federation. According to the old russian tradition, moscow is preparing to rob Crimean museums and take away valuable exhibits when the russians come to leave Crimea", the Center for National Resistance explains.

It is also stated that the signatory of the letter of the "Ministry of Culture" in Crimea is "Deputy Minister of Culture" Andriy Rostenko, the former head of the occupation administration of Yalta. The material adds that thousands of Ukrainian artifacts are already stored in russian museums, as "the looting or destruction of historical and cultural objects and monuments in the territories occupied by Russia has been brought to a systemic level".

On June 13, it became known that in annexed Crimea, the russians confiscated the real estate of Ukrainian singer Jamala and former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a criminal case was opened against the artist, and she was put on the wanted list.

It became known that the russians confiscated the real estate of Ukrainian singer Jamala and former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in annexed Crimea.