http://www.megamontage.com/General/hermitage-director-turns-down-seat-in-russian-parliament/ Mikhail Piotrovsky, the director of the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, has turned down a seat in the State Duma, or lower house of parliament, representing Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party. Piotrovsky was listed at number two in a... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:29:18 GMT en