Finland Seizes Russian Artwork Worth 46 Million Subject To Eu Sanctions
Last weekend, Finnish customs stopped three shipments bound for Russia at the Vaalimaa border crossing, the agency said in a press release. The artwork was borrowed from Russia to museums and galleries in Japan and Italy. Sami Rakshit, director of the Finnish Customs Enforcement Department, did not specify the exact number of works or give details about the artists in response to questions from the Washington Post. The Russian Ministry of Culture quoted the Russian news agency Moskva as saying that the work of art had been borrowed in Italy from the Hermitage Museum in St....