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PRAGUE, Sep 3On Saturday evening, an anti-government rally ended on Wenceslas Square in the center of Prague, near the end, according to police, about 70 thousand people took part in it, according to Czech TV. energy carriers, goods and services, otherwise «actions of pressure» will be announced. «Energy expert Vladimir Shtepan, ex-president of the Agrarian Chamber Zdeněk Jandejsek, MP from the Freedom and Direct Democracy movement Jiří Kobza, leader of the political movement «Tricolor» Zuzan Mayerov and a number of other speakers,» the message says. According to Shtepan, the Pro-Brussels policy of the Cabinet of Ministers leads to a dead end, he called the ceiling for energy prices «stupidity», which will result in a further rise in prices. He spoke in favor of direct negotiations on this topic with the Russian Federation and the purchase of energy resources on the exchanges. In turn, Mayerova said that the policy of the government of Prime Minister Petr Fiala may be Pro-Brussels, perhaps pro-Ukrainian, but by no means Czech. The leader of the extra-parliamentary Tricolor party believes that it is necessary to immediately reduce taxes, including VAT, and end the anti-Russian sanctions, which, in her opinion, cause serious harm to Czech entrepreneurs. She also demanded to stop the supply of weapons to Ukraine. «This is not our war!» Mayerova stressed. According to the dean of one of the faculties of the Higher School of Economics, Miroslav Shevchik, neighboring Germany wants to master the Czech economy through the EU.In the Czech Republic, for the first time in two months, gasoline prices rose In the resolution adopted at the rally, its organizers, who announced the number of participants at 100 thousand people, demanded the resignation of the current right-wing liberal government if their demands were not met, assistance to the population in resolving the energy crisis, and freeing the industry of the republic from dependence on supranational corporations, concluding agreements directly with energy suppliers, primarily with the Russian Federation, as well as military neutrality for the country. The Czech authorities immediately reacted to the rally in the center of Prague. In particular, Prime Minister Fiala said that the action was organized by «pro-Russian forces» that oppose the interests of the Czech Republic. On the other hand, Fiala also recognized the right of people to demonstrate. In turn, First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Vit Rakusan said that he takes seriously the fears of people who came to the rally. «Therefore, we are looking for solutions that will reduce people's fears for their future. These decisions do not lie in admiration for Putin's Russia, I do not agree with the speakers on this,» Rakushan said. , «the police did not have a single problem with the rally participants».