The U.S. on Thursday returned nearly 30 documents from the 18th and 19th centuries to the Russian government.
The materials were stolen from Russian state archives and vary in value. One recovered document, a decree issued by Russian Emperor Peter the Great, was found in the possession of an individual from Reno, Nevada, and is valued at more than $12,000, according to Jason Cassidy, a Homeland Security official familiar with the case.