“Well, Zelensky is a science fiction writer.
If he believes that in this way it is possible to achieve a revision of the Crimean referendum, then he is deeply mistaken.
These are not toys, ”the senator said.
According to him, the decision of the Dutch court is "an absolutely politically biased decision", which Russia will dispute.
"If they return the gold, it means that they stole it, because this gold belongs to the Crimea, the people of Crimea," Jabarov stressed.
Earlier, Zelensky, after the decision of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal in favor of Kiev on the transfer of the collection of Scythian gold, promised to return Crimea.
Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum was held there in March 2014 - the majority of residents were in favor of reunification with Russia.
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.
On December 14, 2016, the Amsterdam District Court ruled that the collection should be transferred to Kiev, the Crimean side appealed and changed its lawyers.
On October 26, 2021, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal, after several years of proceedings, ruled to transfer the Scythian gold to the ownership of Ukraine.