“This is not necessary for the Czechs. First of all, the population, the people of this country, it seems to me, have the right to decide and build their internal attitude to Russia, to the people who live in our country, to its agenda. But no one asked them, ”RIA Novosti quotes her words on the program“ Sunday evening with Vladimir Solovyov ”on the TV channel“ Russia 1 ”.
Zakharova clarified that actions against Russian employees do not meet either pragmatic interests or the internal agenda of the Czech Republic.
“But at the same time, relations deliberately deteriorate from a certain part of the Czech elite,” she said.
Earlier, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrei Babish said that two employees of the Russian embassy were declared persons non grata.
According to him, this decision is connected with the story of the alleged transportation of the poisonous substance ricin to the Czech Republic.
Later, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow would take mirror measures against the Czech Republic because of this situation.