According to customs officials, the paintings are subject to sanctions against the aggressor country.
Finnish customs detained three trucks with paintings at the border from Russian museums. According to Medaison, the goods were detained on April 2 and 3. The trucks contain paintings from the Tretyakov Gallery, the Hermitage and other museums of the aggressor country.
“Torfyanovka.” They noted that customs officials believe that the trucks contain cargo that is subject to EU sanctions, their destination was Russia. The cargo has been confiscated so far, and the agency has launched an investigation into the offense.
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The detention of the paintings was confirmed by the Russian President's Special Representative for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoy.
“Indeed, “Due to the recent sanctions imposed by the European Union, there has been some delay in crossing the border between Helsinki, which is the outer contour of the European Union and the Russian Federation,” he said.
According to Interfax, the paintings with which the problems arose were part of two exhibitions held in Italy. Information that they belong to the exhibition “Collection of Frost. Icons of Contemporary Art “is not true.
The Russian Ministry of Culture also noted that the paintings of Pushkin's State Museum of Modern Art, which came from Japan, where they were exhibited in the Chiba City Museum, were blocked. The aggressor country hopes to be able to return works of art to its territory.
Recall shares of Russian companies and banks turned into rubbish in fact a few days after the sanctions were imposed . The dizzying fall in the value of strategic Russian companies has resulted in the loss of more than 95% of their price.
Earlier, the former head of Yukos oil company Mikhail Khodorkovsky said that as a result of sanctions against Russia communication in the country, the value, in particular, of one sheet of A4 paper in Russia already exceeds the value of one share of Sberbank .
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