Stealers of heritage

The director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science of the russian federation "Institute of Archeology of the RAS", which organises illegal archaeological excavations and provides financial support to numerous archaeological expeditions on the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula.
It is known that from 2014 to 2023, the staff of the IA RAS on behalf of this organisation received more than 101 permits for archaeological work on the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula. With the organisational and financial support of Makarov M.A., the Institute"s staff annually conducts a number of episodes of illegal archaeological work.
In particular, due to the activities of the so-called "New Construction Archaeological Expedition of the IA RAS" in 2017-2019, more than a hundred archaeological sites were destroyed or damaged during the construction of the so-called "Taurida Highway", and in 2022-2023, during the construction of the propaganda complex "New Chersonesos" with the participation of IA RAS employees, the cultural layer of the UNESCO monument "The Ancient City of Chersonesos and its Chora" was destroyed on an area of about 70 thousand m². m², and about 5 million items of Ukrainian cultural property were seized and moved.

It organises illegal archaeological excavations on the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula and provides financial support to numerous archaeological expeditions to the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula, which include Hermitage employees. It is known that between 2014 and 2023, employees of the state-owned Hermitage Museum received more than 49 such permits on behalf of this organisation. With the organisational and financial support of this organisation, these employees annually carry out a number of episodes of illegal archaeological work.

Since 16 December 2021, she has been the so-called Minister of Culture of the Republic of Crimea. According to her official duties, Manezhina:
- implements the state targeted programmes of the russian federation, an element of which is the implementation of archaeological works in the territory of the Republic of Crimea, the illegal transfer of cultural property of Ukraine;
- Issues orders on approval of administrative regulations by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Crimea for the provision of state services on issuing permits for the development of protection zones for cultural heritage sites of the Republic of Crimea;
- provides and facilitates the issuance of permits (open letters) for scientists to conduct archaeological work in the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
- provides funding and other material and technical support for the activities of archaeologists,
- holds meetings and substantive discussions with young people on contemporary cultural and youth policy in the russian federation.
Since 2016, T.A. Manezhina has been holding regular meetings on issues related to archaeological research of objects of cultural significance, in particular, the ‘Complex of the fortress and cave city "Mangup-Kale".
In 2022, as part of a working trip, she visited the Scythian Naples Historical and Archaeological Museum-Reserve, emphasising the importance of the complex of works carried out to improve and adapt the "object of cultural heritage of federal significance" for modern use, create tourist infrastructure and comfortable conditions for visitors.
Manezhina regularly attends, organises and supervises exhibitions and other events, such as the Crimean Scientific Readings dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Alupka Palace and Park Museum-Reserve in 2022.

It is known that from 2014 to 2019 the mentioned person received 7 permits, and from 2020 to 2024 2 permits from the Ministry of Culture of the russian federation for illegal archaeological work on the territory of the temporarily occupied peninsula of Crimea. The person participated in the excavations of the "Kitey Gorodishche".

From 2016 to 2019, she received 6 permits, and in 2023 - 1 permit from the Ministry of Culture of the russian federation to conduct illegal archaeological work on the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula. Participated in the excavations of the Opushka burial ground

From 2015 to 2019, he received 15 permits, and from 2020 to 2023 - 43 permits from the Ministry of Culture of the russian federation for illegal archaeological work on the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula. He participated in the excavations: "Medieval necropolis in the area of the Kemal-Ata mound", "Denysivka I settlement" in the village of Denysivka, Simferopol district, "Melek settlement and settlement" in the village of Nekrasove village in Belogorsk district, "Settlement and necropolis Toben-Saray", "Settlement Tuush I", "Settlement "Choban Chokrak" in Kirov district, "Settlement Kosh-Kuyu" in Leninsky district, "Settlement Primorsky North-Western in Feodosia city council, "Temple (monastery) complex of the city of Kilse-Burun", "The settlement of medieval Solkhat", "House of worship (synagogue-kenassa)", "Durbe with a plinth vault".

Coordinated the implementation of the illegal project "Genoese fortresses of Crimea and the Black Sea-Azov basin" by the organisation "Italia Nostra"

Participated in the "research" of fortifications of the Genoese Republic period (the project "Genoese fortresses of Crimea and the Black Sea-Azov basin" was implemented by the russian Geographical Society and the Italian NGO "Italia Nostra")

In the period from 1 to 20 October 2020, he organised a "russian-French project" that illegally excavated the graves of French soldiers killed during the Crimean War (1853-1856)

Conducted an illegal preliminary analysis of anthropological material (skulls) discovered during the occupation archaeological excavations of the Oleksandrivske Skeli mound group

The person conducted illegal archaeological excavations on the territory of the archaeological heritage site "Genoese fortress of Cembalo" in Balaklava in 2014-2019 and on the territory of the cultural heritage site "Ancient city of Chersonesos Tavriya and its choir" in Sevastopol in 2019. She received permits from the Ministry of Culture of the russian federation to conduct archaeological works (open letters) of the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula in 2021 and 2022.

She organised the illegal entry into the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula of Italian citizens who, between 27 September and 27 October 2018, took part in the "study" of fortifications of the Genoese Republic (the project "Genoese fortresses of Crimea and the Black Sea-Azov basin" was implemented by the Russian Geographical Society and the Italian NGO Italia Nostra).