SavitskyWe were there!
Every once is a while a bizarre junction of past travels and present drama comes into notice. This story is about a far-west museum in Uzbekistan swirling in controversy because corrupt state officials are trying to steal and sell fine art from the museum’s wonderful collection by Igor Savitsky (photo below). We visited it two years ago. (See my website photo gallery: http://www.globalgayz.com/nukus-city-and-area/3584/)

See report: http://world.einnews.com/article/283508545/s2IgeevvXv5HAjrO