“This is the stupidity that our unremarkable (municipal. - RT ) politicians did ,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Zeman believes that municipal politicians wanted to attract public attention through the dismantling of the monument. 

On April 3, a monument to Marshal Konev was dismantled in Prague. The Russian Foreign Ministry has promised that this action will not go unanswered.

On April 10, the UK instituted proceedings due to the demolition of the monument to Marshal Konev in the Czech Republic.