SIMFEROPOL, Feb 19 - Russia has no intention to stop trying to return the "Scythian gold" from the Netherlands to Crimean museums and realizes that the process may take a long time, Russian presidential advisor on culture Vladimir Tolstoy said.

"I would say the situation is now on hold. Russia, naturally, will not stop in its efforts to return to Crimean museums the artifacts that are now in Holland, but one must have patience; it's a complex and lengthy procedure," Tolstoy told reporters in Simferopol on Monday.