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Scythian Gold Of Crimea Returns To Ukraine From The Netherlands After Court Decision

A court in Amsterdam ruled in 2016 that the Scythian Gold collection was part of Ukraine's cultural heritage and should be returned to Kyiv. (file photo)
A court in Amsterdam ruled in 2016 that the Scythian Gold collection was part of Ukraine's cultural heritage and should be returned to Kyiv. (file photo)

A collection of gold artifacts from Crimea, known as the Scythian Gold, which was on loan to a Dutch museum when Russia seized Ukraine's peninsula in 2014, was returned to Ukraine after Dutch courts decided that the collection cannot be returned to Moscow-annexed Crimea. The Kyiv-based National Museum of Ukrainian History said on November 27 that it has the items now and will keep them until Crimea's 'de-occupation." In 2016, a court in Amsterdam ruled that the collection was part of Ukraine's cultural heritage and should be returned to Kyiv, a decision Moscow appealed. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.

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