Russian church managers lose battle

1/12/2011 The long battle for ownership of Nice’s iconic Russian Orthodox Church may have come to an end. An Aix-en-Provence court has upheld an earlier ruling that the keys be handed to officials from Moscow, or locals will face a 6,000 euro a day fine. The architecturally impressive building has been at the centre of a dispute between the Nice Russian Orthodox Cultural Association (ACOR) and the Russian government for more than six years now.