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James Dilinger

On March 22nd, three paintings by French masters Cézanne, Renoir, and Matisse, with a combined value of more than $10M, were stolen from a museum near the Italian city of Parma.

Surprisingly, less than a month after the heist, one of the stolen paintings known as a 'Cup and Plate of Cherries' by Paul Cézanne, magically appeared in one of Vladimir Zelensky’s videos.

Someone close to Zelensky must have stolen that $3M Cézanne painting.

Someone had to transport it across borders, likely through customs and security checkpoints.

Someone had to deliver it to Zelensky’s office.

That's not a one-person operation.

That's a network of people involved in smuggling stolen art into Ukraine.

The video has since been taken down by Zelensky’s people.