On 11 June, Nina Shangina, Chairperson, Council of the Union of Restorers of St Petersburg and ICCROM Council Member, and Sergey Makarov, Chairman, Government of St. Petersburg Committee for State Preservaton of Historical and Cultural Monuments, visited ICCROM. They were accompanied by Irina Butorina, assistant to Mr Makarov and past ICCROM intern.
The Russian delegation was welcomed by Dr Webber Ndoro, ICCROM's Director-General; Catherine Antomarchi, Unit Director, Collections Unit; Paul Arenson, Manager, Knowledge and Communication Services; and Eisuke Nishikawa, Project Associate, Sites Unit.