Under the guise of “preservation”, his decree has also explicitly “legalised” the looting of art and artefacts from Ukraine including ancient gold treasure, paintings and Prince Potemkin’s mummified remains, as reported by The Art Newspaper.According to the same source, Ukrainian Press already claim that Russians have been removing artefacts from museums in Kherson, a city in Southern Ukraine which was conquered in March of this year.However, it was in May, when the secret removal of the most valuable objects had already started, that the Russian army were allegedly at risk of a potential Ukrainian counterattack.The replica monument built in honour of Prince Grigory Potemkin (1739-1791), a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favourite of Catherine the Great, built in 2003 after the original monument disappeared during the second world war, has also been dismantled.By signing up, you will create a Euro Weekly News account if you don’t already have one."