Dutch courts bar government from dispute over Crimean gold


  • World
  • Wednesday, 08 Apr 2015

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An Amsterdam court ruled on Wednesday that the Dutch government cannot participate in a legal fight over golden artefacts from Crimea.

The priceless artefacts had been on loan to the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam when Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014.

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