A shipment of art leased by Russia to Italian and Japanese museums was seized by Finnish customs earlier this month when it was transferred back to Finland. Finland then agreed to return the seized Russian artwork. On the 11th, the artworks returned to the St. Petersburg Museum and carried out related inspections. Medvedev, vice chairman of the Russian Federation Security Council, said that the return of Russian artworks to Russia is not smooth, and the whole world should take this as a warning.
The trip back to Russia for loaned art is not smooth Russia: this should not be among the sanctions
The works of art seized by Finland belong to several well-known Russian museums, including the St. Petersburg State Hermitage Museum, the Tretyakov Moscow State Art Museum and the Pushkin Museum of Plastic Arts in Moscow. On the 11th, the artworks returned to Russia were unboxed and unloaded at the museum in St. Petersburg, and the staff inspected and identified them.
Mikhail Petrovsky, Director of the Hermitage State Museum in St. Petersburg: The exchange of cultural exhibitions has a special status and should not be the object of sanctions, at least for now, which is very important.
Medvedev, vice chairman of the Russian Federation Security Council, said on the 11th that the return trip of Russian exhibited paintings to Russia was not smooth, and what was detained in Europe was treasures. If you don't want your property to be seized, the whole world should take that as a warning. Medvedev said the incident shows that the climate of sanctions against Russia has become a so-called "trend" in the West.
Russian loaned art seized by Finland Russia denounces "lawlessness"
The reason for the seizure of Russian artwork by Finnish customs is to cooperate with the implementation of the EU sanctions order on Russian embargoes on luxury goods. The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Finnish ambassador to Russia on the 7th of this month, denounced the "lawlessness" of the Finnish customs and demanded that the Finnish side immediately return the seized Russian museum collections.
Finnish customs seized 21 yachts believed to belong to some Russian traders in March, also for enforcing EU sanctions.
(Source: CCTV News Client)
【Editor: Yao Hao】
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