MOSCOW, May 29. /TASS/. Authorities and law enforcement agencies of the Zaporozhye Region prevented the move-out of the Scythian gold collection from the Melitopol regional museum to Europe, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the chief council of the civil-military administration of the Zaporozhye region, told TASS in an interview.

"We have recently prevented an attempt to steal and move out to non-CIS countries - to all appearances, paymasters were from one of the European Union countries - the legendary Scythian gold that was stolen from the Melitopol regional museum and then hidden for carriage along trails, concealed routes, by smuggling directly to the European Union," Rogov said.