A priceless collection of gold artefacts from Crimea that was on loan to a Dutch museum when Russia seized the peninsula must be returned to Ukraine and not Crimea, a Dutch court ruled yesterday in a judgement likely to anger Moscow.
Kiev and the four museums have been wrangling over the fate of the archaeological treasures, including gems, helmets and scabbards, which were on loan to Amsterdam’s Allard Pierson Museum when Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March, 2014.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, alluding to Ukraine’s ambition to restore Kiev’s rule over the peninsula, tweeted: “The Scythian Gold is coming back …read more
Source: Gulf times
