Elena Panina, member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, commenting on the statements of Prague about the expulsion of Russian diplomats and the alleged involvement of special services in the explosion in Vrbetica, noted that this is not a “sovereign decision of the Czech Republic”, but demonstrates “the total foreign policy dependence of the Czech state.”
Czech Prime Minister Andrei Babis said on Saturday that authorities suspect Russian special services of involvement in an explosion at an ammunition depot in Vrbetica in 2014. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Hamacek said that 18 Russian diplomats are being expelled from the country, they must leave the country within 48 hours, and the Czech police have put Russian citizens Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov on the wanted list.
The Russian Foreign Ministry responded by saying that Moscow considers the statements of Prague about the involvement of Russian special services in the explosion in Vrbetica to be absurd, unfounded and far-fetched. In addition, the department noted that in this hostile step “one cannot but see an American trace as well.”
According to Panina, “just yesterday on the agenda was the question of a visit to Moscow by First Deputy Prime Minister Jan Gamacek, who wanted to discuss the purchase of the Russian Sputnik (V) vaccine.
“And what do we see today? Literally” on the whistle “in Prague, feverish body movements began, the expulsion of diplomats, provocations,” explosions “that had come from nowhere. There is no doubt that everything that is happening now in Prague is not a sovereign decision of the Czech Republic. demonstration of the total foreign policy dependence of the Czech state, “Panina told RIA Novosti.
She added that “since the time of Jan Hus, the Czechs have fought for their independence.” “Today the sovereignty of the Czech Republic is turning into a fiction,” said Panina.