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Crimean Treasures Return To Kyiv After Years Of Legal Battles

Crimea Kyiv Ukraine Russia Black Sea Gold
A number of Scythian artefacts -- some around 2,000 years old -- were on loan to Amsterdam's Allard Pierson museum when they suddenly were at the centre of a geopolitical crisis following Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea (Credit: AFP)

Ancient Crimean gold treasures returned to Kyiv Monday after being stuck in a Dutch museum for nine years, where they were on show when Russia seized the Black Sea peninsula in 2014.

Ukraine hailed the arrival of the jewels in the midst of the Russian full-scale 2022 invasion as a victory for its "identity and freedom".

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