Crimea gold awarded to Ukraine in blow to Russia
By DW
26 October 2021 |
12:46 pm
Kyiv has hailed a ruling by a Dutch court saying a collection of ancient gold artifacts from Crimea should be handed to Ukraine. But the ruling could be appealed by Russia, which annexed the peninsula in 2014.
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