By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Robert Muller MOSCOW/PRAGUE (Reuters) -Moscow reacted furiously on Sunday to Czech accusations that two Russian spies accused of a nerve agent poisoning in Britain in 2018 were behind an explosion at a Czech ammunition dump four years earlier, which killed two people. Prague on Saturday expelled no fewer than 18 Russian diplomats, prompting Russia s Foreign Ministry to vow on Sunday to force the authors of this provocation to fully understand their responsibility for destroying the foundation of normal ties between our countries . The Czech Republic said it had informed NATO and European Union allies that it suspected Russia of causing the blast, and European Union foreign ministers were set to discuss the matter at their meeting on Monday. The row is the biggest between Prague and Moscow since the end of decades of Soviet domination of eastern Europe in 1989. It also adds to growing tensions between Russia and the West in general, raised in part by Ru
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Russia on Sunday expelled 20 Czech diplomats in retaliation for a slew of diplomatic expulsions by Prague and gave the affected Czech diplomats just over 24 hours to leave the country, the RIA news agency quoted the foreign ministry as saying.
The Czech Republic on Saturday expelled 18 Russian diplomats, giving them 72 hours to leave, after saying that two alleged Russian spies accused of a nerve agent poisoning in Britain in 2018 were behind a deadly explosion at a Czech ammunition depot four years earlier.
The Czech Republic said it had informed NATO and European Union allies that it suspected Russia of causing the 2014 blast, and European Union foreign ministers were set to discuss the matter at their meeting on Monday.
Protests, Anger As Prague Digests Spat With Moscow
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Protesters smeared the Russian embassy wall with blood-like ketchup and politicians on Sunday vowed consequences after the Czech government alleged Russian secret services had orchestrated a fatal explosion in 2014.
Citing an intelligence report, Prague said Saturday evening it would expel 18 Russian diplomats believed to be spies, a step Russia has threatened to respond to with retaliatory measures.
Prime Minister Andrej Babis said Russia s military secret service GRU was behind two blasts at ammunition warehouses in the east of the EU member country in 2014, including one that claimed two lives. Outside the Russian embassy in Peague protesters sported banners saying We re not Russia s backyard and chanted Shame Photo: AFP / Michal Cizek
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