The lawyer warned about responsibility for excavations at the cottage

Russians can face up to five years in prison for mishandling valuable finds on their own property. Lawyer Sergey Bagyan spoke on Monday, June 29, about what exactly is considered a treasure trove and what actions, if any, will help to avoid problems with the law.

The expert recalled that, according to Russian law, not every thing extracted from the ground belongs to the owner of the site. For the correct registration of a find, it is necessary to strictly follow the established procedure, starting with recording the fact of discovery.

"If you have discovered a treasure, record this fact with a photo or video. It is advisable to involve witnesses who are not your relatives. It is better not to touch the objects, but to report them to the police," Baghyan said in an interview with the "Paragraph".

He clarified that according to paragraph 2 of Article 227 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, if the place of residence of the owner of the item is unknown, the finder is obliged to report the discovery to the police or local authorities, and recommended calling police officers to the place to make a statement about the discovery.

The lawyer warned that an attempt to conceal a historical find or sell it on their own entails administrative or even criminal liability.

At the same time, ammunition is particularly dangerous, he stressed. If you find them, do not touch them, you need to call 112 immediately: criminal liability is provided for their storage or sale under Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

If the treasure has historical and cultural value, it becomes the property of the state, and the finder is entitled to a reward, the expert added.

"There is a fine for concealing such finds, and criminal liability in case of damage to objects. If you find precious stones, the state faces imprisonment for up to five years for violating the rules of their delivery," he concluded.

Earlier, on June 16, archaeologists discovered in Khakassia a rock drawing of people of the Okunev culture, dating from the III–II millennia BC, which has no analogues among the known petroglyphs.

Timofey Klyuchnikov, director of the autonomous non-profit organization Archaeological Research of Siberia (AIS), said that such drawings had not been found on rocks before, only on slabs from burials.

In turn, the head of the Orel region, Andrey Klychkov, reported on June 5 that the total number of ancient objects recovered from the site of the Cemetery battle in the region had exceeded the mark of five thousand copies. Life.Ru .