The Russian government has ruled that a Rubens looted by the Nazis and now in Russia, should not be returned to Germany. “Its owners have included Frederick the Great, Joseph Goebbels’ lover, a Red Army soldier and finally, and most controversially, Moscow real estate tycoon Vladimir Logvinenko. The German authorities desperately want it back but Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has ruled that Mr Logvinenko is the painting’s rightful owner and that he did not break any Russian law in acquiring it.”