'Russia's Troy' under Putin's control after row over priest's appointment
by Alec Luhn in Moscow from on (#GDQ3)
Tauric Chersonesos archaeological site in Sevastopol, Crimea, to come under Russian control after anger at decision to put Orthodox priest in charge
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has moved to put a key archaeological site in Crimea under federal control amid academics' outrage that an Orthodox priest was appointed to run it.
The Interfax news agency said the Tauric Chersonesos national preserve in Sevastopol - the port city taken by Russia when it seized Crimea in 2014 -would be placed on a list of the cultural heritage of the Russian people and transferred to federal control from 1 September.
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