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Czech PM s Remarks On 2014 Blasts Trigger Outrage, Underscore Split Over Russia Ties
April 20, 2021 16:54 GMT
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Revelations that two Russian spies accused of a nerve-agent poisoning in Britain in 2018 may have been behind earlier explosions at a Czech ammunition depot that killed two people sparked outrage and anger in the Czech Republic.
The allegations by Czech intelligence have plunged relations between Prague and Moscow to their lowest level since the end of Soviet domination of Eastern Europe in 1989.
Amid the escalation of tensions, Prague has expelled 18 Russian diplomats, and Moscow, which dismisses any role in the blasts and described it as a provocation concocted by Washington, has kicked out 20 Czech Embassy staff in Moscow.
Czech Ruling Party Removes Foreign Minister Critical of Russia
Apr 13 2021, 9:12 AM
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April 13 2021, 9:12 AM
(Bloomberg) A party in the Czech Republicâs ruling coalition will remove the Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek, the governmentâs most vocal critic of Russiaâs efforts to take part in nuclear plant tender in the NATO member state.
(Bloomberg) A party in the Czech Republicâs ruling coalition will remove the Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek, the governmentâs most vocal critic of Russiaâs efforts to take part in nuclear plant tender in the NATO member state.
The removal follows Petricekâs unsuccessful bid to replace Social Democratic Party Chairman Jan Hamacek in a vote last week. Petricek, 39, resigned from his post as vice chairman after the failed challenge and confirmed that Hamacek will ask Prime Minister Andrej Babis to replace him as minister.