If this is the case as described, then it is the purest water legal nihilism of the Russian officials and the courts.
Quite ugly in this case the role of Director of the Russian Museum.
The court in Strasbourg, certainly not refuse to take consideration of this delo.No when?
First you have to pass all instances in Russia, then turn, then consideration of the case itself .... And all this time, the picture will be no restoration? It may be elementary to die.
And in Strasbourg, it is unknown how turn.
After several high profile decisions of the European Court of tactic behavior of the defendants from Russia has sharply aggressive - now they insist on unreasonable iskov.Pretsendentom may be to consider the claim of "YUKOS"
http://top.rbc.ru/society/05/03/2010/377168.shtml
Although the amounts are not comparable, for the authorities important fact of victory - for the edification of future complainants.