A major crisis in relations between Prague and Moscow has reached a new plateau, with the Czech government expelling dozens of Russian Embassy staff following revelations of deadly Russian operations on Czech soil. Experts say the Kremlin is likely to retaliate further, while President Zeman’s first response is much-anticipated.
The most intense dispute between the Czech Republic and Russia in decades reached a new level on Thursday.
Following the revelation that Russian intelligence agents were behind deadly explosions in Moravia in 2014, and subsequent tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats, Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhánek said his government would impose parity of staff numbers between the Russian Embassy in Prague and the Czech Embassy in Moscow.