Director of the State Hermitage M. Piotrovsky commented on the law on the transfer of property to religious organizations
On December 1, 2010, the director of the State Hermitage, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Mikhail Piotrovsky, in the newspaper Vremya Novostei, commented on the new law “On the transfer to religious organizations of property for religious purposes that is in state or municipal ownership.” In his opinion, this law, “like almost all of our new legislation, is hostile to culture.” Expressing gratitude on behalf of the museum community to the relevant committees of the State