Data on Russia’s involvement in the explosions on armory warehouses in the Czech Vrbetice in 2014 are unconvincing. About this former head of military intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic Brigadier General Andor Shanndor said RIA Novosti.
“I’m not saying that it is not true. But we did not receive any qualitative evidence that the GRU agents did,” he said. The general believes that an important missed detail is the fact that the Russians would need assistants in the Czech Republic. These people both directly at the facility and at the state level should have been aware of the supply of weapons.
In addition, according to him, the IMEX Group could not get the official permit for the export of weapons in 2014 for the prohibited region. At the same time, the sending to NATO Bulgaria should not cause reasons for concern, Shandor celebrates.
General believes that the statements of the authorities did in a hurry and chaotic, “because we fear leaks in the media.” He stated that the relations of countries can continue to deteriorate. “In any case, we are now on the list of hostile states for the Russian Federation. I think that Russian politicians moved a bit. It is clear that some Czech firms and entrepreneurs will have to have problems,” added Shandor.
On April 29, the Minister of Justice of the Czech Republic Maria Beneshyov said that Prague has several versions of explosions in the warehouse of ammunition in Vrbetice in 2014, in addition to previously mentioned sabotage and chance. It refused to call them.
Czech Republic accused Russian intelligence services in involvement in the explosions in the warehouse of ammunition in Vrbetice in 2014. After that, Russia and the Czech Republic exchanged the expulsion of diplomats and decided to compose the number of employees of embassies. According to Prague, the Russians Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, who accuses the UK in an attempt to poison the former Agent Gro Sergei Skriplia in the middle of the warehouse.
Explosion occurred on October 16, 2014. Exploded, presumably ten thousand kilograms of ammunition, including medium-range missiles. As a result, two people died. The reason for the explosion has so far remained unknown; According to one of the versions, he happened due to the negligence of workers. In addition, on December 3 of the same year, in Vrbetice, there was a second explosion in stock where more than ten tons of explosives were also kept.