$5 Million Art Theft in Russia + Murder Mystery = What?

It's all over the papers: "Russia's Hermitage Museum reported theft of more than 220 works worth around $5 million" today. And by the way, the curator of the museum mysteriously died suddenly at the same time.

In a statement, the St. Petersburg museum said officials noticed the theft during a routine inventory check. It said the curator in charge of most of the collection where the theft occurred died suddenly at his workplace when the investigation began, and that his colleagues discovered the items were missing.

The museum did not identify the curator or say when or how he died.
"There are many strange aspects of this affair, but unfortunately, there is no doubt that it did not happen without the participation of museum staff," the museum statement said. It gave no other details.

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