A Dutch court ruled on Tuesday to hand over golden Scythian artifacts from Crimea to Ukraine, dealing a blow to Russia’s claims to the collection.
Allard Pierson Museum’s “Crimea: Gold and Secrets of the Black Sea” exhibit opened in February 2014, one month before Russia seized the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine.
Both Russia and Ukraine claimed the artifacts, and now the court in Amsterdam sided with Ukraine.
This has already driven anger from Russian lawmakers and officials. It is indeed a significant blow, since Russian policies are often driven by symbolic issues and Putin has to look like an almighty figure.
Sure enough, Kyiv will make a big deal of it to further irritate Kremlin. Russians should’ve been more responsible in the case of MH17 flight which was clearly shot down by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from a Russian-controlled territory.
Allard Pierson Museum’s “Crimea: Gold and Secrets of the Black Sea” exhibit opened in February 2014, one month before Russia seized the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine.
Both Russia and Ukraine claimed the artifacts, and now the court in Amsterdam sided with Ukraine.
This has already driven anger from Russian lawmakers and officials. It is indeed a significant blow, since Russian policies are often driven by symbolic issues and Putin has to look like an almighty figure.
Sure enough, Kyiv will make a big deal of it to further irritate Kremlin. Russians should’ve been more responsible in the case of MH17 flight which was clearly shot down by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from a Russian-controlled territory.