Among the 20 employees of the Embassy of the Czech Republic, who were sent from Russia, there are also deputy ambassador Lubsh Messel. This was reported to the Czech edition of Novinky.cz with reference to the head of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yana Gamachek.
he stated that he would discuss response to the actions of Moscow with Prime Minister Andrei Babisch. “The reaction was very strong, she was at the stage above, because the most high-ranking deported was the deputy ambassador. The fact that he was sent, this is the situation to which the Czech Republic should answer,” said Hamachek.
On April 18, Moscow declared people of non-Grata 20 employees of the Embassy of the Czech Republic. These were the response measures expulsion from the Czech Republic 18 Russian diplomats during the day earlier. They are suspected of working on Russian special services, which Prague considers it involved in the explosions in Vrbetice in 2014.
explosions occurred on October 16 and December 3, 2014. As a result of the first explosion, two people were killed. Exploded, presumably ten thousand kilograms of ammunition.