A Russian man faces up to two years in prison for stealing an entire road, the Russian Interior Ministry said this week.

The man, a 40-year-old resident of Syktyvkar, the capital of Komi Republic in the Northwestern Federal District, admitted having stolen 82 reinforced concrete slabs that make up the roughly 1-mile road linking the village of Parcheg with the Vychegda River, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported Thursday.

Police uncovered the highway robbery when they pulled over a convoy of three heavy trucks carrying the slabs, which they said had been removed with a manipulator, an industrial machine that combines a bulldozer and a forklift.

The Interior Ministry valued the slabs at 200,000 rubles, or about $6,095.


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While it's unusual for an entire road to vanish, Russia's recent history is filled with thefts of other infrastructure, especially bridges, which are valued for their metal.


Most recently, a bridge over the Nozma River in the village of Frolovo, northeast of Vologda, was stolen in June — with a trail of tractor tracks leading to the culprit's home, the Interior Ministry reported.

The man, who authorities said painstakingly dismantled the bridge with a welding torch, could also face up to two years in prison.

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Seriously!!!

The bridge theft is another russian wonder!

:oThis is Russia, NOT Naija! :oThis is Russia, NOT Naija!

Piro, wer my hammer and chisel make we go steal 3rd mainland bridge.aboki gimme power horse

Hahahahaah.... Their own small, Gru stole the moon in Despicable me

I thought it was only 9ja.

Theft of bridge poles is very common in Nigeria for thier metal value.

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