【Latest News: Putin Joked That "The British Like Robbing"]
On December 22, 2025, Moscow time, Russian President Vladimir Putin organized Commonwealth of Independent States leaders to visit the Hermitage, where the Hermitage director, Mikhail Piotrovsky, introduced exhibits from the Mughal Empire period:
These are masterpieces of Mughal art, this is Indian art. This was an era of luxury in India, and it was for these gems that the British landed in India.
Putin joked:
The British, who love robbing, went there.
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