The cultural events marking ‘The Year of Russia in Greece’ will commence Friday, March 11. Some exquisite exhibits of the of the Hermitage museum in Moscow will be on display at the Acropolis museum this Friday. The aim of the joint Greco-Russian initiative of the ‘Year 2016’ is to highlight and strengthen the close historical and cultural ties between the two nations and to promote each county’s culture to the other. The exhibitions will start with the display at the Hermitage and Moscow Museums of the archaic period statue of the Kore statue, and the exhibition of the three golden items from the hermitage Museum Scythian treasures. The Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Prikhodko and Greek Minister for Culture and Sports, Aristides Baltakos will sign an official minutes document confirming the exchange of items by the two countries for the event.