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Printed from: http://petersburgcity.com/news/city/2003/07/15/scandal/ City news, 15.07.2003 11:47 Hermitage Director: poor knowledge of French caused paintings scandal![]() A translation from French used the word combination 'legal officer' at the same time the cathedral of the Paris house of invalids attempted to get a private lawyer supposedly to represent the interests of the initiator of the arrest - the French association of holders of Tsar obligations, said Piotrovsky. There was no scandal about the incident in France. On July 10, the French association for holders of Tsar obligations expressed the intention to present in Paris court a statement with requirements to arrest the Hermitage museum paintings which were on exhibition at the cathedral of the Paris House of Invalids on the basis that they represented a debt obligation issued by St. Petersburg. On the basis of this document the association, which has been trying to receive payment for debts incurred in the amount of USD 394 million from the Russian government, decided to turn their attention to the Hermitage museum's paintings.
News source: www.rosbaltnews.com
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