Czech Republic Czech police seek Russian officers accused of attacking Skripal for sabotage
Moscow promised on Sunday that it will retaliate after the expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats by the Czech Republic for accusing them of espionage, and summoned the Czech ambassador. "We express our strong protest to the Czech authorities. We will take retaliatory measures that will allow the perpetrators of this provocation to become fully aware of their responsibility in destroying the foundations ... of relations between our countries," the Ministry said. Foreign Ministry of Russia in a statement.
A source told AFP today that the Czech ambassador had been summoned by the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, without giving further details.
Moscow called the decision of the Czech authorities "unprecedented"
and denounced "unfounded and far-fetched" accusations against its diplomats. "This hostile move is the continuation of a series of anti-Russian actions undertaken by the Czech Republic in recent years.
We can only see traces of the United States, "
the ministry continued." In an effort to please the United States in the context of the recent American sanctions against Russia, the Czech authorities have even surpassed their masters abroad in this regard. " added.
UK supports Prague
British Foreign Minister
Dominic Raab
said today that his government "fully supports" its "Czech allies" after the authorities of that country revealed that they are
looking for two individuals related to the attack with Novichock
that occurred in Salisbury ( England) in 2018, Efe reported.
"The United Kingdom fully supports our Czech allies, who
have exposed how far the Russian intelligence services go
in their attempts to undertake dangerous and malicious operations in Europe," the Foreign Minister said in the aforementioned note. As Raab remarked, "This shows a pattern of behavior on the part of Moscow, after the attack committed with Novichok in (the English town of) Salisbury. My thoughts are with the families of the victims in Vrbetice."
The British minister assured that this country is "determined as always to bring those responsible for the attack in Salisbury to justice" and considered that
Russia "must desist from these actions, which violate the most basic international norms
.
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The passports with which the two men sought entered the country were documents with fictitious identities issued by the GRU, which were also later used in Great Britain.
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