{"id":2577,"date":"2015-04-11T22:12:22","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T22:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/news\/2015\/04\/11\/russian-witness-finds-6000-euros-and-returns-money-to-owner\/"},"modified":"2021-08-18T10:25:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T07:25:31","slug":"russian-witness-finds-6000-euros-and-returns-money-to-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/russian-witness-finds-6000-euros-and-returns-money-to-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Witness Finds 6,000 Euros and Returns Money to Owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify\">ST. PETERSBURG, Russia\u2014In November 2014, Svetlana Nemchinova, one of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, found an envelope on the street containing 6,000 euros (over $6,800 U.S.). After a lengthy search for the owner, she was able to return the money. Ms. Nemchinova\u2019s altruism was reported on television, the radio, and in several online news articles.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Ms. Nemchinova is a street cleaner in the city of Vologda, approximately 450 kilometers (280 mi) northeast of Moscow. While on the job, she noticed a plain envelope. Looking inside, she discovered a large sum of money. Although Ms. Nemchinova and her three children live modestly in a 12-square-meter (129 sq ft) apartment, she states: \u201cI didn\u2019t even think of keeping the money. Right away I thought about the person who surely was feeling terrible.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/p4IrSX4.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">In an effort to find the owner, Ms. Nemchinova first posted an announcement on nearby buildings. When no one responded, Ms. Nemchinova took the money to a nearby bank, since the envelope of money contained a receipt with the bank\u2019s name on it. The bank determined that the money belonged to Pavel Smirnov. After making several attempts to contact Mr. Smirnov, the bank was finally able to inform him that Ms. Nemchinova found his money.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">An article published in the Russian newspaper Premier states: \u201cSvetlana does not see anything outstanding in her actions. She is a religious person and regularly reads the Bible.\u201d Ms. Nemchinova further explained to Premier that her actions were a result of applying what is often called the Golden Rule from Matthew 7:12: \u201cAll things, therefore, that you want men to do to you, you also must do to them.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Mr. Smirnov, an artist who invented a special composition of paint, had been saving the money to purchase specialized equipment to further his research of dye structures. \u201cWords cannot express how thankful I am to Svetlana,\u201d stated Mr. Smirnov. \u201cAfter what Svetlana did, your faith in people is restored. There is only one thing left to say: \u2018There is a God!\u2019\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Media Contact(s):<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 1.3em\">International: J. R. Brown, Office of Public Information, tel. +1 718 560 5000<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Russia: Yaroslav Sivulskiy, tel. +7 812 702 2691<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">http:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/news\/releases\/by-region\/russia\/witness-finds-returns-euros\/\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Russia\u2014In November 2014, Svetlana Nemchinova, one of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, found an envelope on the street containing 6,000 euros (over $6,800 U.S.). 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