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The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

By Philip Oltermann · The Guardian · October 2025
The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist
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"The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bigger forces at work?"

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