Representative Western auction houses in Russia: what are the prospects?

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In the past year - a half there "invasion" Sotheby's, Christie's and other auction houses in Russia. Pre-auction displays (including the Tretyakov Gallery, and even in the private gallery - Philipps de Pury ustraval thumbs in Regina, which in itself is nonsense), the opening of representative offices (now the turn Bukowski), presentation at the Embassy (as he did in Stockholm AD before the Russian auction ) ... In this case, for example, Kamensky (Sotheby's-Russia, CIS) explicitly stated that the auctions in Russia is not yet scheduled.
Interestingly, it is simply an active public relations, aimed at ensuring that Russian buyers draw on their auctions, or all the same they have any far-reaching plans for entering Russia art market ...
It would be interesting to know the opinion of the forum on the subject.