Russian exhibition under threat
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A Royal Academy exhibition of French and Russian paintings could be cancelled by Russian authorities.
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Russia said Wednesday it was likely to cancel a landmark exhibition of Russian art in London because Britain had not guaranteed the paintings' return, adding to growing tensions between the two countries.
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For even a performer who courts controversy, Madonna's upcoming concert in Moscow has drawn considerable uproar.
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The majority owner of embattled Russian oil company Yukos threatened legal action Monday against potential suitors for its main subsidiary, which is to be auctioned off by the government next Sunday.
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MOSCOW -- Last May, Maria Paphiti, an icons specialist at Christie's auction house in London, was invited to inspect some religious paintings on wood that were among the contents of a building recently bought by an English family. The artworks had been found wrapped in plastic, and the building's...
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Russian authorities have canceled a major exhibition of French and Russian paintings set to open in London in January, fearing the art could be seized to settle private legal claims, a museum official said Wednesday.
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The fate of Yuganskneftegas - the Russian oil firm sold to a little-known buyer on Sunday - is the subject of frantic speculation in Moscow.
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MOSCOW (Reuters Life!) - Russian art is gathering international attention and hefty price tags as the country's elite buy their motherland's masterpieces away from home.
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Sirens scream, jeeps fly past, helicopters prepare for take-off. Russia's flamboyant environmental enforcer Oleg Mitvol is in town.
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An exhibition of art treasures which was almost prevented from going ahead opens its doors in London.
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Prices for Russian works of art set a series of new records at auctions in London this week as rich Russians flexed their financial muscles.
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ODESSA, Ukraine  - A statue of Catherine the Great has sparked a fierce row in the multi-ethnic Ukrainian port of Odessa, with riot police confronting Cossack demonstrators in the street after midnight.
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The venue and date of Madonna's Moscow tour date are changed to allay fears about safety.
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Russia and Britain traded threats and recrimination on Tuesday as a diplomatic feud over the role of the British government's cultural arm worsened.
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Georgia is worried it will become the first place where Moscow will carry out its threat of preventive strikes against terrorists.
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The BBC's James Rodgers asks if life in Moscow is really as dangerous as Western visitors to the city think.
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Moscow on Thursday cancelled a much-awaited exhibition of precious paintings in London, saying Britain had failed to guarantee the works' safe return, as a diplomatic row between the two countries spilled into the art world.