Ukraineâ™s authorities are plundering Scythian gold from the collections of Crimean museums on display in Amsterdam right now, Crimea's Culture Minister Arina Novoselskaya said Friday. </p>

// Jun. 27, 2014 - 22:27 GMT

The US refusal to return seven books from the collection of Yosef Yitzchok Schneerson to Russia has affected the cultural exchanges between the two countries, almost completely halting joint exhibition projects, Russiaâ™s deputy minister of culture told journalists Monday. </p>

// May. 26, 2014 - 23:29 GMT

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Ministry of Culture on Tuesday to check the state of Crimea's cultural sites and organize repairs as needed.

// Apr. 01, 2014 - 21:58 GMT

The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament on Monday called for the return of a collection of rare Crimean gold artifacts currently on loan to a museum in Amsterdam.

// Mar. 31, 2014 - 23:15 GMT

A number of Crimean archaeological artifacts currently on loan to a museum in Amsterdam must be returned to their home museums at the conclusion of the exhibit, a Russian official said Thursday.

// Mar. 27, 2014 - 17:57 GMT

Russiaâ™s new Intellectual Property Court has called for fresh hearings for a St. Petersburg fashion designer prohibited, at the behest of the renown Hermitage Museum, from using one of Thomas Gainsboroughâ™s best-known paintings in her work, the court told the RAPSI news agency Monday. </p>

// Sep. 23, 2013 - 22:56 GMT

A Russian filmmaker has said he would seek foreign funding for a biopic of the composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky, widely believed to have been a homosexual, amid ongoing controversy about Russiaâ™s recently adopted anti-gay law. </p>

// Sep. 21, 2013 - 04:51 GMT

A veteran arts curator who has managed one of Russiaâ™s largest art museums for over half a century resigned on Monday following a turf war over art once banned by Joseph Stalin. </p>

// Jul. 02, 2013 - 02:33 GMT

Count Leo Tolstoy was a prolific author, rich and generous enough to bequeath his works to be published and distributed free of charge.

// Jun. 26, 2013 - 21:52 GMT

Live broadcast of Hollywood movie star Will SmithâœAfter Earth,â� starts at&nbsp; 12:15 on ria.ru and on the official RIA Novosti site on YouTube.

// May. 27, 2013 - 18:05 GMT