Head of the European Council Charles Michel appreciated the contribution of the Czech Republic to the Russian list of unfriendly countries. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
According to him, this decision of the authorities of Russia is another step towards escalation. Michelle also expressed solidarity with the Czech Republic who fell into the list of unfriendly countries.
Earlier, the first Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Jan Hamachek said that Russia’s decision to make the Czech Republic to the list of unfriendly countries suggests that Prague correctly responded to the “business of Vrbetice”.
before that, in the Czech Foreign Ministry accused Russia in “an attempt to escalation conflict not only with Prague, but also with the whole European Union.”
On May 14, the Russian government published a list of unfriendly countries, which included only the United States and the Czech Republic. It was clarified that the Czech Republic is allowed to hire no more than 19 Russian workers in the Russian dipmissism, and nor.
The relations between Moscow and Prague were complicated after the Czech Republic accused Russian special services in involvement in the explosions in the warehouse of ammunition in Vrbetice. They occurred at the end of 2014, as a result, two people were killed. It is believed that tens of thousands of ammunition kilograms exploded, including medium-range missiles.