Putin: Disputed archive could go to Jewish museum
Russian leader says legal battle over books and documents claimed by Chabad has ‘taken on elements of confrontation’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is suggesting that a vast collection of Jewish books and documents that is the focus of a dispute between Moscow and Washington be given a permanent home in the Russian capital’s new Jewish Museum.
A US judge in January ordered that Russia be fined $50,000 a day until it turns over the so-called Schneerson Collection to Chabad-Lubavitch.
Russia claims the collection is state property. Putin on Tuesday criticized the ruling, saying “discussion of this problem has taken on elements of confrontation,” Russian news agencies reported. The collection is now held at the state library and military archives.
Putin said he would consider ordering the collection be placed at the Jewish museum, which opened last year.
The Times of Israel Community.