Thieves have stolen nine works from Sergei Bugayev’s house outside St. Petersburg. “The missing works, valued at $250,000 by experts at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg, include works by Bugayev himself, who is also known as ‘Africa’, and by other leading local artists, such as Timur Novikov. The thieves destroyed about 140 other works of art, as well as rare antique furniture and books, the charred remains of which were found in the house’s back yard. ‘The mastermind behind this crime knows contemporary art, Bugayev told The Art Newspaper, “They took the best works’.”