Go to the media bankThe building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia in Moscow. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 19Czech Ambassador to Russia Vitezslav Pivonka was invited to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, he was informed that Russia was discouraged by the disproportionate reaction and whipping up of emotions from Czech politicians about the situation with the «Czech House» in Moscow, the Russian Federation urged the Czech Republic not to break into the language of threats on this issue, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The day before, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that Prague's reaction to the dismantling of part of the fence near the «Czech House» in Moscow would be within the diplomatic framework. As reported in the Czech media, on Monday, employees of the administration of the Tverskoy district of Moscow dismantled part of the fence around the public and cultural center «Cheshsky Dom», located on 3rd Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street, 2.5 kilometers from the Kremlin, referring to the fact that the construction fencing was not allowed.
The Czech Republic will ban the entry of Russians on Schengen visas «On October 19, the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Russian Federation, Vitezslav Pivonka, was invited to the Russian Foreign Ministry. is presented almost as the main problem in our relations,” the message says. It emphasizes that the situation with the fencing of the land plot adjacent to the “Cheshsky Dom” has a long history and is not related to the current state of bilateral relations: “There is no politics here” .Also, the message of the Russian Foreign Ministry says that the decision of the administration of the Tverskoy district of the capital to dismantle part of the external fence of the «Czech House» was taken in connection with the decision of the Moscow government of 2012 on the release of land plots from objects illegally placed on them, and to the Czech embassy about the unsettled The consistency of the legal situation with the land plots occupied by the Czech House has been known for a long time.In the Czech Republic, they complained about Ukrainians engaged in «business on people» «We urge Prague not to fall into the language of threats, to strive to find mutually acceptable solutions through diplomatic channels. Our line on ensuring the normal functioning of the property of foreign countries in Moscow, regardless of its status, remains unchanged,» — concluded in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After February 24 this year, by decision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, the Czech House operates in a maintenance mode, it now has only 3 Czech and 4 Russian employees. Of the more than 50 rooms in the hotel part of the house, only two are occupied. In addition, there is a restaurant and office space, which are no longer operating. On Monday afternoon, employees of the Czech Embassy erected a temporary fence on the site of the detached part of the fence. Relations between the countries deteriorated after the leaders of the Czech government reported on April 17, 2021 about the incident with explosions in warehouses in the village of Vrbetice, which the employees were accused of organizing special services of the Russian Federation, 18 employees of the Russian Embassy in Prague were expelled from the Czech Republic, and 20 employees of the Czech diplomatic mission were expelled from Moscow as a response. in the cities of Brno (in the southeast of the country) and Karlovy Vary (in the west of the country), their employees returned to the Russian Federation. Also, by the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, until March 2023, the issuance of visas to the citizens of the Russian Federation for entry into the Czech Republic and permits for long-term residence in the republic has been temporarily stopped. file a case due to the desecration of a monument to the Red Army in the Czech Republic
