Russian ultranationalists stormed a Jewish-owned Moscow art gallery. An exhibition of paintings by ethnic Georgian artists was destroyed and the gallery owner injured in Saturday’s incident. The attack on Marat Gelman’s gallery took place amid a Russian government crackdown on Georgians living in Russia following a spy dispute with the Caucasus republic.
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