Man Who Walked Out Of Moscow Museum With Painting Did It ‘To Settle Debts’

Denis Chuprikov, 32, was arrested and confessed to the theft of the painting — Ai Petri, Crimea (1908) by Arkhip Kuindzhi — just a day after he was caught on security cameras rolling the canvas up and walking out of the Tretyakov Gallery with it. — The Moscow Times

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