Rada asks the Netherlands
to return Ukraine "Scythian gold"
12.5.2015 G.
[U]Parliament adopted a resolution on the Appeal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the States General (Parliament) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands concerning the situation surrounding the return to Ukraine of Museum valuables (No. 2482 ) - and in celom@
[U]For this decision voted 249 folk Deputatov@
"To date, the specified part of the exhibition is preserved in Amsterdam and there is a real threat of loss, destruction or destruction of Ukrainian cultural values. Active illegal actions of the Crimean museums with the support of the Russian Federation in the direction of the court return of Museum objects from the Museum Fund of Ukraine on the territory of the occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea, which is not controlled by Ukraine, is proof of such a threat. On behalf of the people of Ukraine addressed to the members of the States General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to pay due attention to the important issue before us the return of Ukrainian cultural property to its owner — the people of Ukraine and to prevent the violation of international law", — said in the appeal of the Parliament of Ukraine.
In addition, Ukraine has accused the Netherlands that the exhibition is kept in Amsterdam on illegal grounds.
"At the moment, over time all of the documents that could be counted as stay of Museum treasures in the Kingdom of the Netherlands legal. Prompt return of all items of Ukrainian collections in the capital of Ukraine will resolve this issue", — emphasized in the Parliament.
According to the author Serhiy Taruta, we are talking about approximately a thousand items that belong to the Museum Fund of Ukraine.
The position of Ukraine in the case on the gold of the Scythians is very strong. Museums have never been the actual owners of the artifacts, a lawyer. He recalled that the exhibition in Amsterdam and ended talking about the return of these Museum exhibits in the ownership of the state of Ukraine.
"I believe that this step will help us to return these values," said Taruta.
"The Ukrainian people in the sorrow of war is concerned at the situation which has developed around the return to Ukraine of part of the exhibition "Crimea.
Golden island in the Black sea" from the collection of the Crimean Republican institution "Central Museum of Tauris" 132 Museum objects (451 items), Crimean Republican establishment "Kerch historical and cultural reserve" in the amount of 190 Museum objects (190 units), the National reserve "Chersonese" in the amount of 28 Museum items (28 items) and the Crimean Republican institution "the Bakhchsarai historical and cultural reserve" in the amount of 215 Museum objects (1442 storage units), which belong to the state Museum Fund of Ukraine and exhibited in the Allard Pierson Museum is the archaeological Museum, University of Amsterdam (map) from 6 February to 31 August 2014.