“Prague was liberated after the fall of Berlin. It was not a walk, ”TASS quotes Medinsky.
The Minister of Culture emphasized that about 12 thousand Soviet soldiers died, liberating Prague.
“The grateful residents of Prague erected a monument to Konev. And then the headman of some district said that they would raise a question on the council in order to dismantle the monument to the liberator and savior of the city, ”he said.
Medinsky also noted that the Russian side is grateful to Zeman for support.
“We hope that after his speech, the authorities will make the right decision,” the minister added.
On September 5, Zeman, on the air of the Barrandov television channel, called for the monument to Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Konev to be kept on the Interbrigade Square in Prague.