“The Czech Ministry of Defense, according to the law, maintains a register of military graves and coordinates care for them. There are about 4 thousand individual and mass Russian military graves on Czech territory in this register, ”RIA Novosti quotes the words of the defense secretary Jan Peishek.
He noted that "a monument to Marshal Konev in it has never been listed as a military burial."
On April 3, a monument to Marshal Konev was dismantled in Prague by order of the authorities in the Prague 6 area. The Russian Foreign Ministry has promised that this action will not go unanswered. On April 10, the IC of Russia instituted proceedings in connection with the demolition of the monument.
Czech President Milos Zeman said the demolition of the monument was the stupidity of municipal politicians.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the monument to the Soviet Marshal in Prague should be restored.