None of the stolen works has been recovered, but some of the men behind the criminal organisation have been brought to justice. It is believed the theft is a bid to repatriate Russian art.

Les vols avaient eu lieu courant 2023 dans plusieurs bibliothèques prestigieuses de Paris et Lyon. Trois des six accusés comparaissent détenus.

Six Georgians have been sentenced to up to seven years' jail in France over the theft of rare editions of Russian literary classics, including by 19th-century luminary Alexander…