On May 18, 2004, there was a press conference held devoted to the exhibition of Faberge collection from the Fund “Times Bond”. The ceremony of the exhibition opening was attended by many famous people and officials: Mikhail Shvydkoi – the head of Federal Cultural and Cinema Agency, Vladimir Voronchenko – the head of the Fund’s board, Elena Gagarina – the Moscow Kremlin’s Museums CEO. Moscow Patriarchy Alexiy II blessed the collection.

The exhibition will work from May 22 till July 25, then it will be transported to Yekaterinburg, St.-Petersburg, Irkutsk and Tumen. All the shows organised by the Fund will be free of charge.

Mr Voronchenko informed the mass media that the collection won’t be divided into parts, passed or sold to anybody including the State.

Moreover, in the nearest future the Fund plans to buy two more unique collections. However, the representatives of the organisation have not given any additional information.