dr. piotrovsky comes, i introduce him to people who are interested in using the hermitage as a means to promoteulture they've never seen before. >> rose: who is this man my audience just had a chance to walk through the museum that he has been a director and his father has been a director of for a number of years, who is he? >> he's an interesting guy. he's the decider. the hermitage is a very totalitarian environment. one man makes all the decisions. >> rose: in addition to what art goes on the wall, where they put it? >> or when charlie rose shows up on any specific day unannounced, yes, i'll lead him on a tour right now. it's very much his schedule and it's his home. that's it. there is no separating in one from his station. that's his life. he very much curates every part of that museum. it's his life. when he comes here, he's not just representing the hermitage museum, he's representing russian culture and culture that is essentially world culture that needs to be -- >> rose: and how does the museum and the director handle those times in which the politics are strained between russia and t