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15.05.2009, 12:52
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Treasures belonging to the Russian tsars have been removed from the Bukowski Spring Auction due to ownership disputes.
11.06.2009, 17:25
A Mexican artist has created a life-sized copy of a zeppelin which he sandwiched between two buildings in Venice.
06.10.2009, 17:31
A poet, chef, and Prince – all one and the same person… You doubt it? Meet Prince Consort of Denmark, Henrik! The versatile personality will present one of his best-known cook books in the Russian capital.
11.08.2009, 13:33
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Moscow’s world-class Metro system is a true subterranean marvel, with 177 unique stations serving over 2.5 billion people annually.
16.11.2009, 13:54
Secretive, unpredictable and sophisticated – the so-called “Partisan Museum” has opened its doors in the Russian capital featuring the major art exhibition, “The Gladiators”.
08.01.2010, 08:51
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You can barely count with your fingers the number of people in the world who can paint on a rice grain or make shoes for a flea. One of them is Vladimir Aniskin, the creator of mini-masterpieces.
12.05.2010, 21:07
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A 19th-century sculpture thought to be lost was found immured in the wall of Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
04.10.2010, 21:46
Just a week after Moscow bid farewell to its longtime mayor Yury Luzhkov, the city may also say goodbye to some of his contributions to architecture in the capital.
23.02.2010, 21:39
A huge printed banner, 30x11 meters in length, has been stolen from Witte de With Center of modern art in Rotterdam. The poster was a part of an installation by the Russian art group AES+F.
25.05.2009, 18:33
School children from the southern Russian city of Novorossiysk are teaching the French to write letters the old-fashioned way.
Published: 16 May, 2009, 09:07
A rare 19th century collection of chairs and sofas from the Russian Imperial Winter palace in St. Petersburg has been discovered at Helsinki’s Bukowski auction.
Wonder what legal implications apply: Could they be considered as "the legal spoils of war" allowing them to be sold on in the first instance or "receiver of stolen property" where even the buyer of the goods in the first instance, forfeit the right to the property they have bought because of it being stolen. -Guess no-one will ever pursue this line of thought because there are many 'big names' involved with 'buying' the property back in the day! It is a fallacy to believe that all the possessions of the royal family were 'state owned' -they were not. Only the emblems of state and anything gifted to state, willingly. And then there were the aristocratic families, whose possession were stolen, also -nothing to do with state. But then, it is a thought not worth pursuing because the tides of change have long redirected the water currents and those who should have benefited: the poor and needy, didn't at time, nor would now. One man can feast, whilst the hungry look on, Or all can sit at the table and feel satisfied -this did not happen pre or post revolution -it's still waiting to happen.