Foreign Ministry: Russia does not exclude the loss of Scythian gold after its transfer to Kyiv. The director of the first European department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Artyom Studennikov, said that the Russian side admits that the decision will lead to its loss.

He stated this in an interview with RIA Novosti. In November 2023, the Allard Pearson Museum in Amsterdam confirmed the transfer of the Scythia gold collection to Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the situation with the transfer to the Kyiv authorities theft.