In Crimea they believe that the collection of Scythian gold in Ukraine may be lost

The Crimean museums filed a complaint against the decision of the Dutch courts to the ECHR; if it is satisfied, there is a theoretical possibility of a new consideration of this case in the Dutch courts. But the likelihood of this is extremely low. After all, Ukraine today is a big black hole for which not a single artifact, especially one associated with Russia, is of value. I think that our collection will be taken to private collections.he said.

The situation with Scythian gold

Scythian gold is a collection of more than 2 thousand objects that were used to decorate the exhibition “Crimea: Gold and Secrets of the Black Sea”, held from February to August 2014 at the Allard Pearson Museum in Amsterdam. An uncertain situation with it arose after the reunification of Crimea with the Russian Federation in March 2014. Crimean museums — the Kerch Historical and Cultural Reserve (which later became part of the East Crimean Reserve), the Central Museum of Taurida, the Bakhchisarai Historical and Cultural Reserve and the Tauride Chersonese — and Ukraine declared their rights to the exhibits taken from the peninsula.

The University of Amsterdam, which oversees the work of the Allard Pearson Museum, has suspended the procedure for transferring valuables until an agreement is reached between the parties or the issue is resolved legally.

In June 2023, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands upheld the decision of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal to transfer the collection of Scythian gold to Ukraine. On November 27, the State Customs Service of Ukraine reported that Scythian gold was brought to Kyiv, and the process of its customs clearance began. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the collection of artifacts belongs to Crimea and should be stored in Crimean museums.

source: TASS