Russia could not seek the return of the collection of Scythian gold in the Crimea in court, said the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich.

"Unfortunately, I must admit that, despite the efforts of the Crimean museums, to return the collection of extrajudicial failed," said the Russian diplomat.

The collection of Scythian gold, more than 1,000 artifacts, was removed from the Crimean museums on Exhibition "Crimea: the gold and the secrets of the Black sea" in the archaeological Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam in early February 2014, even before the Crimea reunited With Russia. Since then the parties have the opportunity to decide whether to return the artifacts.

at the end of November, it was announced that four of the Crimean Museum sued Amsterdam collective action against the Allard Pierson Museum, which was required to fulfill the contract obligations and to return a collection of Scythian gold from the Netherlands in the Crimea. The exhibits also claims the Ukrainian side, which requires you to return them to their storage in the national Museum of history of Ukraine, as the national cultural heritage. In January, took place the presentation of the case and the parties ' choice.

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