In April, Czech authorities announced intelligence findings that Russian military intelligence agents were behind an attack on an ammunition depot in Moravia in 2014.
Prague authorities ordered 18 Russian embassy employees leave the Czech Republic. In answer Moscow kicked out 20 Czech diplomats. The Czech Republic, in turn, responded with a demand that the personnel status of both institutions be equalized, which means that another 63 Russians will have to be expelled from the country.
After the expulsion of 18 diplomats, the Czech Republic wants to exclude Rosatom from the tender
“The Russian authorities cannot answer this symmetrically, as only seven Czech diplomats and 25 administrative and technical employees of the embassy remained in Moscow,” the daily notes “Kommersant”.
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“Kommersant”: Russia is planning import restrictions
The newspaper finds that Russia – not having too much room for maneuver – wants to react to the situation with economic sanctions and restricting the import of a number of Czersk goods. In 2020, the value of trade between Russia and the Czech Republic amounted to over 5.2 billion dollars (including $ 2.7 billion of imports from the Czech Republic).
“Kommersant” states that Czech beer may be one of the forbidden goods. The value of its imports in 2020 amounted to over 38 million dollars. Currently, about ten brands of beer from the Czech Republic are sold to Russia.
It is possible that import restrictions will also includein. car parts.
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