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Sayenko Kharenko acted as a Ukrainian law expert for the Allard Pierson Museum in the “Scythian Gold” case
On 26 October 2021, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal ruled that the Allard Pierson Museum had to hand over a collection of artifacts, known as the “Scythian Gold”, to Ukraine. The collection was being exhibited at the Allard Pierson Museum at the time when the Russian Federation occupied Crimea.
The key questions of Ukrainian law for the legal position of the Allard Pierson Museum were as follows:
November 2021, Ukraine
- whether the Allard Pierson Museum had validly suspended performance of its obligations under the contracts concluded with the Crimean museums
- whether the Allard Pierson Museum was liable in this situation
- whether there were grounds for terminating the contracts concluded between the Allard Pierson Museum and the Crimean museums or for establishing that the obligations of the Allard Pierson Museum under the said contract were impossible to perform
November 2021, Ukraine