Today in the Shohmansur district court, in the afternoon, a verdict will be announced on the case of Tatiana Huzhina, accused of smuggling a coin from the times of the tsarist era of Russia.
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the representatives of the Ministry closely monitor the situation with the Russian woman Tatiana Huzhina detained in Tajikistan and provide her with the necessary assistance. "We expect that when passing a verdict the court will show maximum leniency, taking into account the mitigating circumstances, namely, the absence of malicious intent and selfish intentions" – The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement..
Recall that last Friday a representative of the prosecutor's office asked to punish the accused for 6 years in prison. The representative of the prosecutor's office explained that he asked for such punishment, taking into account the fact that Huzhina has an underage daughter.
Customs Service of Tajikistan detained a 41-year-old Russian citizen Tatyana Huzhina for attempting to export two-kopek copper coins from the country 1823 year of release at the end of June.
On the site of the Tajik customs department it was noted that the detainee attempted to withdraw the coin without filling out the declaration in her luggage and was stopped on a Dushanbe-Moscow flight. It also stressed that, according to the conclusion of the Ministry of Culture of Tajikistan, the seized coin of the times of Tsarist Russia has historical, cultural, museum and numismatic value.
The customs service stressed that according to the norms of the legislation of Tajikistan, the illegal export of coins having such value from the country is prohibited.
A criminal case has been instituted against a Russian citizen under articles 32 (attempted crime) and 289 (smuggling) of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan.
Meanwhile, according to the expert of the National Bank of Tajikistan, the value of the coin carried does not exceed 300 Russian rubles.
