Crimean museums’ treasures to go to Ukraine after Dutch legal battle

A Scythian gold helmet will be returned to Ukraine (Peter Dejong/AP)

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands has said that a Dutch museum’s trove of historical treasures from Crimea should be sent to Ukraine, upholding a lower court ruling that the 300 artefacts are part of Ukraine’s cultural heritage.

The collection of archaeological objects, some more than 2,000 years old, was on display at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam when Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014, sparking a dispute over the repatriation of the borrowed pieces.