Diplomatic Row Between Moscow, Prague Intensifies
Voice of America
The Czech Republic on Thursday ordered Russia to remove more staff from its Prague embassy, in a growing spat between the two countries.
Last week, Prague expelled 18 embassy staff members, saying they were intelligence officers. The dispute stems from Czech accusations that Russian spies were behind a deadly explosion at a Czech arms depot in 2014. They claim the spies were also part of a special unit that tried to assassinate a double agent in Britain. Russia denied the accusations and expelled 20 Czech diplomats last Sunday.French President Emmanuel Macron appears on television screen at the French far-right National Rally party election night headquarters, in Paris, June 9, 2024. Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called for a new legislative election. French far-right National Rally lead candidate Jordan Bardella delivers a speech at the party election night headquarters, in Paris, June 9, 2024.
FILE - U.S. troops are seen at Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte province, as U.S. and Philippine troops participate in a joint military exercise in the Philippines on May 6, 2024. U.S. and Filipino troops concluded a new combat exercise in the Philippines on June 10, 2024. FILE - A Philippine soldier fires a Javelin anti-tank weapon system during a live exercise as part of the annual U.S.-Philippines joint military exercises called "Balikatan" at Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija province, April 13, 2023.
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visit the memorial center during the 80th anniversary of the massacre of 643 persons by Nazi German forces, in Oradour-sur-Glane, France, on June 10, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron (2ndL), the Mayor of Oradour-sur-Glane (L), and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2ndR) walk along a street in Oradour-sur-Glane, June 10, 2024. French President Macron (L) and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier stand together as they pay their respects during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre, June 10, 2024.
Swiss President Viola Amherd, center, speaks during a press conference ahead of the Ukraine peace conference being organized by Switzerland, in Bern on June 10, 2024. Ukrainian flags flutter over hundreds graves of Ukrainian servicemen killed in fighting since the Russian invasion, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on June 6, 2024.