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Visitors gather at a book shop during an annual book festival, celebrating Alexander Pushkin's birthday in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 4, 2023.

Video. Police rumble gang stealing antique books across Europe

Updated: 25 April 2024 - 22:29 GMT+2

Works by Russian literary greats such as Alexander Pushkin and Nikolai Gogol were substituted with valueless counterfeits from European libraries.

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