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A Dutch court ruled Wednesday that priceless Crimean art treasures loaned to an Amsterdam museum shortly before Russia annexed the peninsula in 2014 should go back to Ukraine.
Four Crimean museums launched a joint legal bid in November 2014 to force the Allard Pierson Museum to return the historic collection of archaeological artefacts, displayed in an exhibition titled: “The Crimea: Gold and Secrets from the Black Sea.”
Kiev also demanded their return, and the Dutch judges ruled “that the objects must go to Ukraine, the artefacts’ country of origin and cultural heritage,” the court said in a statement posted online.
“The claim by Crimean museums that the artefacts are Crimean heritage, or belong to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was not accepted by the judges, because neither are sovereign states,” the Amsterdam regional court added.
The judges however “made no ruling as to the rightful owner of the collection,” saying it was a question for Ukrainian courts once the artefacts had been returned.
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