SIMFEROPOL, January 27 – RIA Novosti. Andrey Malgin, director of the Taurida Central Museum of Crimea, told RIA Novosti that the attitude of the Dutch Prosecutor General regarding the possibility of transferring the “Scythian gold” collection to Ukraine is unfair and biased towards Crimea.

“This is an interim opinion – it is unfair and biased against Crimea. We will wait for the trial in September and the results of the consideration of the appeal complaint and the final point on this matter,” Malgin said.

The Dutch Prosecutor General believes that the decision of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal regarding the transfer of “Scythian gold” to Ukraine can remain in effect, according to an advisory opinion published on Friday.

The Dutch Supreme Court’s decision in the “Scythian gold” case is scheduled for September 15.

On October 26, 2021, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal decided that the collection “Scythian gold” should be transferred to Ukraine. In January 2022, the museums of Crimea filed an appeal against this decision in the Dutch Supreme Court. Thereupon, the Supreme Court initiated administrative proceedings regarding the case.

Located in the Netherlands since 2014, the collection includes unique artifacts from the East Crimean Museum-Reserve, Taurida Central Museum, Bakhchisarai Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve and Tauric Chersonesus Museum-Reserve. The collection of nearly 2,000 works was taken to an exhibition at the Allard Pearson Museum in Amsterdam in early February 2014, even before Crimea was reunified with Russia. In August 2014, a museum in the Netherlands decided not to transfer exhibits to Ukraine or Crimea until a competent judge’s decision or agreement between the parties.