The trial of the case of the controversial return of the Scythian gold collection may be delayed for many years due to the fact that the Museum exhibits have become hostage to the political situation, said 1st Deputy Minister of culture Vladimir Aristarkhov. The collection of Scythian gold, about 2 thousand artifacts, was removed from the Crimean museums on Exhibition "Crimea: gold and secrets of the Black sea" in the archaeological Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam in early February 2014, Even before the Crimea was reunited With Russia. Since then the parties have the opportunity to decide whom to return the artifacts. Four Crimean Museum filed in the court of Amsterdam collective action against the Allard Pierson Museum, which demanded to fulfill contractual obligations and to return a collection of Scythian gold from the Netherlands to Crimea. "in the European Union bureaucracy is much worse than in Russia, Even worse than in Ukraine. It (the Trial) can last for years. You have to understand that at the moment the West, on the one hand, did not recognize that the Crimea is part of Russia, With reverse - West is aware that Russia is no need to quarrel, for this reason we hope for a fair decision of the case, " said Arseny. the Deputy Minister said that under an honest decision means the return of the exhibits, which are an integral part of the cultural heritage of the Crimea, the Crimean museums. "Even during the war With England of the XIX century, in the period of Nazi occupation, the civil war, it was never disputed that the value of museums of the Crimea must be in Crimea. Even the Nazis didn't do it, for this reason we hope that the decision will be fair ", - noted the Deputy Minister. at the same time, he expressed regret that the Collection of Scythian gold has become hostage to the political situation. "Ukraine's position is that they try to link the theme of returning to the native Crimea Crimean cultural values With political issues. Understand their motivation, they try to find any arguments for their position, which they do not. It is unacceptable to put the culture hostage to the political situation ", - noted Aristarkhov.