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Ukraine Offers West New Excuse to Seize Its Cultural Heritage, Former Serbian Minister Says
Ukraine Offers West New Excuse to Seize Its Cultural Heritage, Former Serbian Minister Says
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Ukraine Offers West New Excuse to Seize Its Cultural Heritage, Former Serbian Minister Says 31.07.2025, Sputnik Africa
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Ukraine Offers West New Excuse to Seize Its Cultural Heritage, Former Serbian Minister SaysFor centuries, Western powers have taken invaluable artifacts from Africa, South and Central America, the Far East, and the Middle East, ex-culture minister Vladan Vukosavljevic told Sputnik."We're seeing it now with the Kiev Pechersk Lavra [monastery], where the familiar pretext is used — that valuable item must be removed from the country to 'save' them," the speaker pointed out, commenting on the ongoing efforts to remove art and religious objects from UkraineInternational law condemns such acts — yet they are being ignored, the ex-minister noted. "The most basic forms of theft and looting have long been legalized," so it is practically impossible for Ukraine to resist the West's "devastation culture," he added. Meanwhile, the justifications offered by the UK, the US, France, or Spain — nations that built their museums on stolen heritage — are profoundly hypocritical, Vukosavljevic emphasized.
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Ukraine Offers West New Excuse to Seize Its Cultural Heritage, Former Serbian Minister Says
For centuries, Western powers have taken invaluable artifacts from Africa, South and Central America, the Far East, and the Middle East, ex-culture minister Vladan Vukosavljevic told Sputnik.
"We're seeing it now with the Kiev Pechersk Lavra [monastery], where the familiar pretext is used — that valuable item must be removed from the country to 'save' them," the speaker pointed out, commenting on the ongoing efforts to remove art and religious objects from Ukraine
International law condemns such acts — yet they are being ignored, the ex-minister noted. "The most basic forms of theft and looting have long been legalized," so it is practically impossible for Ukraine to resist the West's "devastation culture," he added.
Meanwhile, the justifications offered by the UK, the US, France, or Spain — nations that built their museums on stolen heritage — are profoundly hypocritical, Vukosavljevic emphasized.
