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Ukraine and four Crimean museums were in court on Oct. 5 in a dispute over the ownership of pieces of art.

Ukraine provided 584 exhibits for an exhibition in Amsterdam, called “Crimea – Gold and Mysteries of the Black Sea.” The exhibition was held at the Allard Pierson Museum, a small archaeology center, at the beginning of 2014. Since then, most of the artifacts, including invaluable gold jewels worth several million euros, have been stuck in Amsterdam.

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