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ICE Returns Historic Documents Stolen Amidst Soviet Breakup to Russia
Czar Nicholas II On Friday, the US handed over a trove of historic archive documents that were stolen after the Soviet breakup and had appeared in auction houses across the US. From AP: The 21...
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Obama Administration Decries Civil Sanctions on Russia Over Unlawfully...
It appears as though Jewish sect Chabad holds an unenforceable judgment against Russia. Chabad initially brought suit in US federal courts against Russia to secure the return of two collections of...
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Russia Lists Historic Mansions for Public Auction
There are currently 150,000 architectural monuments in Russia. According to Russian culture minister Vladimir Medinsky, a majority of them are in a “horrific condition.” In order to save these...
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Putin Wears “Happy Smile” to Return Ancient Books to Jewish Group
This is Putin’s self-described “happy smile.” There has been a long-running US-based legal conflict between Russian and the Jewish Chabad-Lubvitch movement, based in Brooklyn, over a collection of...
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Russia Increases Fine for Destruction of Cultural Monuments from $1,200 to...
Russia has introduced legislation to take effect next month that will increase the maximum penalty for destruction of or damage to cultural monuments to $20 million. This is a vast increase from the...
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