On Christmas Eve, Moldova returned the Guadagnini it seized

Almost two months to the day since Customs officials at Chisinau Airport seized the 1785 ‘ex-Ida Levin’ Guadagnini from visiting soloist Alexandra Conunova, she was finally reunited with the instrument.

Alexandra writes:
My Guadagnini violin is back.
Hopefully you feel the magic of Christmas as I feel it now.
Thank you a lot for all your support. Without you the last two months of my life would’ve been a torture.
I’ll give you more details later. For now I just want to enjoy this moment with my family around.

Later:
I know I owe you a story about how I got my violin back. Today I am in a rush to get back home to Lausanne where Grisha and my dear partner Denis are waiting for me to celebrate Christmas together. I am so happy I could spend a little time with my parents in Chisinau and now I’ll spend Christmas with the other precious part of my family in Lausanne.