Merkel tells Putin Germany wants looted art returned news.yahoo/spat-over-looted-art-overshadows-merkels-visit-russia-134448593.html Chancellor Angela Merkel told President Vladimir Putin yesterday that German art seized by the Soviets in the wake of World War II should be repatriated to Germany, a claim the Russian leader swiftly rejected. The tense exchange took place as they opened an exhibition at the Hermitage museum in St Petersburg during a trip by Merkel to Russia. The exhibition about the Bronze Age includes 600 items carried off by the Soviet Union as war reparations, according to the German government.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 14:14:34 +0000
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