The Czech Republic recently uncovered what it says are Russian efforts to interfere in June's EU elections. How has the discovery influenced Czech politics? And has it actually played into Moscow's hands?
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Russia issue splits Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is shaken by allegations of Russian involvement in a 2014 attack on a munitions depot. But the president has indirectly questioned Moscow s complicity in the matter. Some see this as a betrayal.
The explosion at the munitions depot near Vrbetice in 2014 killed two people
Czech politicians and the public are in a state of shock. Just over a week ago, news broke that Russian agents were responsible for two devastating explosions at an ammunition depot in the southeast of the country in the fall of 2014. The government and the opposition have been speaking of state terrorism and an attack by Russia on a sovereign state. Memories of the 1968 Soviet invasion have been awakened.