Ukraine wants to return the Scythian gold
The Verkhovna Rada registered a draft resolution, which the MPs reference is made to the Dutch Parliament with a request to assist in the transfer of Scythian gold in the national Museum of history of Ukraine, according to "Capital".
The authors of the draft document were made by people's deputies Sergey Taruta (independent), Irina Podolyak (Samopomich) and Viktor yelensky (popular Front).
In their opinion, today the exhibits are under threat of loss, destruction, or destruction, and the return of the exhibition "Crimea. Golden island in the Black sea" Ukraine "came out of the plane of the contractual relationship of the individual museums and acquired political significance".
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now ended the terms of all documents that could be counted as stay of Museum treasures in the Kingdom of the Netherlands legal. Prompt return of all items of the Ukrainian collection stored in the Allard Pierson Museum in Ukraine will allow to resolve this issue," - said in the explanatory note to the draft document.
Remember, the exhibition "Crimea: gold and secrets of the Black sea" was opened in the Allard Pierson Museum is the archaeological Museum at the University of Amsterdam in early February. It is formed from the collections of five Ukrainian museums, one of which is located in Kiev, four in Crimea. It contains archaeological finds, among more than 500 exhibits - artifacts of Scythian gold, a ceremonial helmet, gems, swords, coats of mail, household utensils of the ancient Greeks and Scythians.
However, the question arose about who to return the collection after the exhibition closed in August - Ukraine or Russia annexed Crimea ?