MOSCOW, October 11 - RAPSI. A district court suspended a ruling that would have stripped Olga Slutsker, ex-wife of former Russian senator Vladimir Slutsker, of her ex-husband's $30 million art collection, thus leaving the collection in her hands, the Federal Bailiff Service announced Thursday.

The ex-senator's press-service said that the collection includes works by modern artists from the West, such as Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst, and paintings by Russian classic artists Karl Bryullov and Boris Kustodiev. The collection was moved out of his house on June 8.

According to earlier reports, in June the Presnensky District Court in Moscow ruled that Slutsker had to transfer the collection to his wife's Rodon security agency for safe keeping, but later the Moscow Regional Court reversed the ruling. In August bailiffs received a writ of execution ordering Rodon to return the assets. Olga was indicated as the debtor under the writ.

The bailiffs maintain that another district court suspended the execution proceedings on the same day and in this case the writ would not be enforced. Therefore, the paintings will remain with Rodon.

It has been reported that in late August the court divided the collection between the couple. Olga Slutsker 's attorney was determined to appeal the decision as she claimed the collection in full.

The litigation over the division of the Slutskers' assets has been dragging on for several years. In September Ms. Slutsker won her claim to a mansion in London worth ?40 million ($65 million).

Olga Slutsker has also managed to retain custody of their children.