Czech Republic refused to supply the Russian vaccine against coronavirus “Satellite V” against the background of the scandal of the possible involvement of Russian special services to the explosions in the warehouse of ammunition in Vrbetice. This was stated by I.O. Head of the Foreign Ministry of Czech Republic Jan Hamachek, his words leads the publication Lidovky.cz.
Gamachek agreed with the approval of the adviser to the President of the Czech Republic, Roman Primulus that the country is no longer worth the use of the Russian drug. “The only option is to focus on vaccines that have been checking and approved by EMA (European Medicinal Agency),” said official.
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 intelligence services, which Prague considers it involved in the explosions in Vrbetice in 2014. In addition, the Czech Republic announced the search for Russians Alexander Petrova and Ruslana Bolsharova. It is argued that they were at the site of the explosion in stock in Vrbetice in October 2014.
explosions occurred on October 16 and December 3, 2014, two people died as a result of the first. Exploded, presumably ten thousand kilograms of ammunition, including medium-range missiles. The reason for the occurrence remained unknown, according to one of the versions, the explosion happened due to the negligence of workers.