Molokhov himself told RBC that he sent an appeal to the Deputy Prosecutor General Petr Gorodovoy as the head of the Tavrida international association.
“It was in this capacity that I officially filed a statement addressed to the Deputy Prosecutor General Gorodov, after which my comments followed in the media. At the same time, I was and remain the deputy head of the working group on international legal issues at the permanent mission of the Republic of Crimea,” Molokhov said.
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In his appeal to the Deputy Prosecutor General dated January 18 (available to RBC), Molokhov stated that on January 26, 2022, the deadline for filing a cassation complaint in the case of Scythian gold expires and Russia must file this complaint together with the museums of Crimea.
“I believe that not only the Crimean museums, but also the Russian Federation itself should file a cassation appeal against the decisions of the Dutch courts. In connection with the foregoing, I ask you to clarify the official position of the Prosecutor General’s Office on this issue,” the appeal says.
In Crimea, the details of the verification of the UK were announced due to the decision on Scythian gold
The day before, Molokhov said that the Investigative Committee was conducting an investigation into the “theft” of Scythian gold, which the Dutch court decided to transfer to Ukraine. He said that investigators are interviewing those involved in the export of Scythian gold from the territory of Crimea, and also find out whether everything has been done to return it to Russia. According to Molokhov, there are specific officials who gave instructions on the transfer of Scythian gold to the museum fund of Russia, but did not do this in a timely manner.
Later, Molokhov told RBC that the check has been carried out since November 2021. The verification is carried out under Art. 164 of the Criminal Code (theft of items of special historical, scientific, artistic or cultural value committed by an organized group) and Art. 190 of the Criminal Code (failure to return cultural property taken out of Russia within the prescribed period), he specified.
“Scythian gold” – a collection of 2 thousand exhibits. Four Crimean museums donated it for exhibition to the Allard Pearson Museum in the Netherlands in February 2014, before Crimea joined Russia in a referendum. Kiev then declared its rights to the collection.
At the end of 2016, the Amsterdam District Court decided to transfer the collection to Ukraine. Russia filed an appeal, but on October 26, 2021, an appeals court in Amsterdam ruled that the artifacts belonged to Ukraine and should remain there “until the situation in Crimea stabilizes.”
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