Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov announced the agreement on the scheme for transferring the icon of Andrei Rublev "Trinity" to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior by June 4.
“At the moment, a scheme has been agreed upon, according to which the icon will be moved to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in compliance with all necessary safety measures, where a group of specialists will already make a decision on its further restoration, which will begin after a certain period,” he said.
Earlier, the expert council of the Tretyakov Gallery came to the conclusion that in its current state the icon cannot be removed from the museum and needs to be restored.
The decision to transfer the icon to the Russian Orthodox Church was announced on May 15 by Vladimir Putin. He said that this would be done "in response to the numerous requests of Orthodox believers." Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts (RAKh) Alexey Lidov told The Insider that even the transportation of the Trinity threatens with irreparable consequences for her condition.