The official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich considers legitimate and logical claim Crimean museums with the requirement to return a collection of Scythian gold. " on November 19, Crimean museums appealed to the court of Amsterdam with a claim to the Allard Pierson Museum with the requirement to fulfill the contract obligations and return all exhibits to the Crimea. We believe it is reasonable and logical step, Museum exhibits may not be hostages of different political interpretations, it is necessary to protect the unity of the collections, archaeological objects must be there, where it was found, and stored and treated for decades, " he said at a press conference Lukashevich, quoted by the RIA " Novosti ". Also the diplomat said that the Museum items can not be held hostage to political approaches, reports TASS." The Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam, which was also an exhibition in breach of contract, convicted with the Crimean museums, decided to keep on keeping exhibits of this exhibition, " said the diplomat.- the exhibition consisted of the Assembly 4 of the Crimean museums and provided the opportunity to see the priceless historical artifacts ". Lukashevich added that the Museum in its own statement, said that the exhibits will be returned to the party, which will make a decision of the Dutch court." This position was motivated by the requirement of Ukraine to give the exhibits in Kiev ", - he said." We always assumed that this issue would be resolved at the level of inter-Museum relationships through direct negotiations, However, despite the efforts of the Crimean museums, to achieve this goal, unfortunately, did not work, " said Lukashevich. Remember, November 26, four of the Crimean Museum filed a lawsuit in the court of Amsterdam, demanding to return to the Peninsula collection of Scythian gold. The collection of Scythian gold, which is more than 1 thousand Artifacts, was removed from the Crimean museums on Exhibition in the archaeological Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam in early February, even before the Crimea reunited with Russia. The collection includes archaeological finds from five museums, and among them 4 Crimean: Central Museum of Tauris, Kerch historical and cultural reserve, the Bakhchsarai historical and cultural reserve and the national preserve of Tauric Chersonesos. In June the Minister of culture of Crimea Arina nowosielski said that the Ukrainian authorities are trying to carry out a hostile takeover of the collection of Scythian gold. In September Kiev said on the return part of Scythian gold from the Netherlands. However, the Director of the Central Museum of Tauris Andrei Malgin still said that part of the collection of Scythian gold, owned by the museums of the Crimea, as long as it remains in the Museum of Amsterdam, the Ukrainian side none of the exhibit submitted was not.
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