By Country / Russia
Russian Museum Inventory Could Take Decade
August 15, 2006
Inside the Hermitage (epa)
President Vladimir Putin ordered the inventory following the theft of 221 items from the famous Hermitage Museum.
Twenty one of the stolen items have been recovered so far.
The cultural agency's head, Mikhail Shvydkoi, said the last such inspection was in 1976.
(Reuters)
MORE:
Coverage of this topic
in Russian from RFE/RL's Russian Service.