Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says Czech Republic's demand for Moscow to pay rent resembles extortion. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said earlier that Prague would require Moscow to paying for the lease of land in the Czech Republic, which are in use by the Russian embassy.
Czech authorities canceled nine decrees of the authorities of socialist Czechoslovakia on the gratuitous transfer of real estate to the USSR for use by diplomats.Prior to this, the Czech Authorities canceled nine decreees.