





Moldova will return two stolen paintings to Russia
At his turn, Russian President Medvedev officially thanked his Moldovan counterpart and declared that it is an excellent news for Russia. However, in the last years no painting was stolen from the Hermitage Museum, museum spokesperson Larisa Korabelnikova declared.
Chisinau Interior minister explained that the paintings are part of the 211 works signaled in 2006 by Hermitage during an official inventory of the museum's patrimony. He added that the paintings pertain to Vasily Polenov and Boris Johanson and each painting values 1 million dollars.