Henri Matisse's "The Dance" "LONDON, England (CNN) -- A row over a ban on an exhibition of art loaned from Russia has been resolved after Britain brought forward laws that will protect the paintings from seizure.
Moscow's Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts has pulled the plug on a planned exhibition in London.
Russian officials had threatened to block the release of works by artists including Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh and Picasso in case their ownership was disputed by individuals claiming they were stolen during the 1917 revolution.
But on Friday Moscow backed down after Britain said it would fast-track new legislation promising the art would not be seized while in the country.
Russia's Federal Culture agency said it would issue licences for the paintings to travel to London's Royal Academy of Art next month but spokeswoman Natalia Uvarova told the UK's Press Association that "the law must ensure the art's immunity from seizure."
The exhibition, "From Russia: French and Russian Master Paintings 1870-1925 from Moscow and St. Petersburg," includes more than 120 works from Russia's principal collections, including the Pushkin and the State Hermitage Museum."
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This article shows that Russia is still having to deal with their past deeds and that the U.K. is willing to overlook some of these wrongdoings in order to guarantee the art show. They are also attempting to appease Russia.
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