In the Czech authorities version of the involvement of representatives of Russian special services to the organization of explosions at military warehouses in Vrbetice in 2014 there are a number of non-stalks. The German edition of WORLD ECONOMY saw them, reports “Moscow Komsomolets” on Saturday, April 24th.
So, the Czech authorities stated that one of the employees of the Russian Embassy in the Czech Republic was involved in the incident, which continued to work in the country until the expulsion of Russian diplomats. At the same time, the authors of the material indicated that usually Russian diplomats work in one post from three to four years. “If an employee of the Russian Embassy in Prague really participated in a similar sabotage act, it is unlikely that he still works in the Czech Republic. Czech justification looks unconvincing,” the article says.
In addition, they were specified in the publication, the anti-personnel mines of the Czech army were discovered in the warehouses, from which Prague was supposed to abandon back in 1997 after joining the Ottava Agreement on anti-personnel mines. It is assumed that these ammunition were kept in warehouses for more than 20 years. “But, most likely, they were much older, perhaps even the time of the” cold “war, that is, at least [older] 30 years,” is noted in the material.
At the same time, it is known that the explosives stored for decades has a tendency “to spontaneous decomposition and, thus, an explosion, especially if they are stored incorrectly,” the authors of the article said. According to them, the OSCE specialists come to such conclusions. Thus, there is a possibility that mines exploded themselves, concluded in the publication.
April 18, Moscow announced 20 employees of the Czech Republic Embassy with people Non Grata. These measures were taken in response to the expulsion of Russian diplomats from the republic day earlier. Prague considered that they work under covering the Russian special services, which, in turn, allegedly connected with explosions in Vrbetice. Also Prague announced the search for Russians Alexander Petrov and Ruslana Bolsharova. Representatives of Czech special services believe that they were at the explosion site in Vrbetice in 2014.
Explosions in the warehouse of ammunition occurred on October 16 and December 3, 2014. As a result of the incidents killed two people. The causes of incidents were not installed.