“An outrageous, unfair and illegal decision, albeit expected, given the bias of European courts and their hostile attitude towards Russia and Crimea.
In fact, it is a fig leaf covering an insolent raider takeover, ”he wrote in his Telegram channel.
The collection of Scythian gold was taken from Crimea for an exhibition at the Allard Pearson Museum in Amsterdam in 2014.
After the Crimea became part of Russia, both the museums of the peninsula and Ukraine declared their rights to gold.
The Amsterdam Court of Appeal, after several years of proceedings, ruled to transfer the Scythian gold to the ownership of Ukraine.
The Federation Council called the court's decision a dangerous precedent.