Bill Would Give Russian Art Immunity from Seizure
LA Times
Russia banned art loans to the United States after a federal court ruled that a historic collection of books and writings belongs not to Russia but to the U.S.-based Hasidic group, Chabad, and must be returned.
For more than a year, Russia has prohibited its government-run museums from sending artworks to exhibitions in the United States. The ban has frustrated and puzzled American museum officials, because it was spurred by a legal decision unrelated to anything the museums themselves have done. Diplomacy has failed to lift it.
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