Zelensky said that after the return of Scythian gold, Ukraine will return Crimea

“The long-awaited victory of Ukraine in the court of Amsterdam!

"Scythian gold" will return to Ukraine ... We always return ours.

First, we will return the “Scythian gold”, and then the Crimea, ”the Ukrainian leader wrote on Twitter.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stressed that the Crimea issue is closed for Russia, and the referendum on the peninsula was held in strict accordance with international law.

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.

The Amsterdam Court of Appeal, after several years of proceedings, ruled to transfer the Scythian gold to the ownership of Ukraine.