Hermitage storage centre searched by FSB agents

Mikhail Piotrovsky, the director of the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, has played down concerns about a search earlier this week of a museum facility by the Federal Security Service (FSB).The Hermitage confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that FSB investigators were looking into operational procedures at the museums state-of-the-art Staraya Derevnya restoration and repository center. In 2015, the Hermitage announced a 3.7-billion-ruble tender to build part of the third stage of the Sta