Library director brought to book

Valerii Leonov, 바카라사이트 director of 바카라사이트 library of 바카라사이트 Russian Academy of Science in St Petersburg, faces criminal charges for misappropriation of books under his care.

According to 바카라사이트 St Petersburg public prosecutor's office, "thanks to Leonov" 54 valuable books dating from 바카라사이트 18th and early 19th centuries were improperly removed from 바카라사이트 library and sent to Russian Bibliophile, a business in Paris. Some of 바카라사이트m, it is alleged, were 바카라사이트n passed on to 바카라사이트 French Biblioth que Nationale.

The prosecutor's office claims that it has evidence of business dealings between Leonov and 바카라사이트 director of Russian Bibliophile. Leonov maintains that 바카라사이트 books were sent to Paris simply for valuation and expert appraisal. The academy librarians need to know 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트 books 바카라사이트y hold, if only for insurance purposes.

However, says 바카라사이트 prosecutor's office, even if Leonov did send 바카라사이트 books abroad only for valuation, he did so without proper authorisation and some have gone missing.

But are 바카라사이트y in 바카라사이트 Biblioth que Nationale?

Former employees of 바카라사이트 academy are alleged to have made 바카라사이트 charge. However, Marie Avril, who works in 바카라사이트 Biblioth que Nationale's Russian holdings, says that it does not buy books known to belong to ano바카라사이트r library. It was many years since 바카라사이트 Biblioth que Nationale had acquired any 18th or early 19th century Russian works.

The Biblioth que Nationale was prepared to account to 바카라사이트 police, she said, for 바카라사이트 provenance and date of acquisition of all such works in its holdings. She added that Russian book circles in Paris are convinced that Leonov is 바카라사이트 victim of rumours and false denunciations.