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Russian paintings to go to London · 2008-01-04 17:16

An exhibition of major Russian and French artworks, news.bbc.co.ukAn exhibition of major Russian and French artworks is to go ahead in London after a law to protect them came into force in the UK.

Russia’s culture agency had blocked the export of the paintings to the Royal Academy of Art until a law guaranteeing their safety was implemented.

It feared they could be seized because of disputes about their ownership.

A spokesman for the Russian agency told Echo Moscow radio that a licence would be issued so the exhibition could open.

Some of the 120 paintings included in the exhibition were taken from private collections after Russia’s 1917 revolution.

It was thought some of them could be seized to settle private legal claims, ВВС reports.

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