The geopolitical situation in Central Europe has long seemed clear. But, following the revelation that Russian agents were behind a 2014 attack on a munitions depot in the Czech Republic, many Czechs now understand that they have no choice but to engage with geopolitics and the values that underpin the country's alliances.
PRAGUE – The Czech Republic has endured one of its most dramatic fortnights since the Velvet Revolution in 1989, following the government’s announcement that two Russian agents were responsible for explosions at a munitions depot in the Moravian village of Vrbětice in 2014, in which two people were killed. Former Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka expressed the public’s shock perfectly: “I would say that this is the largest Russian attack on Czech soil since the invasion in 1968. It is a historic moment, and we must react.”
PRAGUE – The Czech Republic has endured one of its most dramatic fortnights since the Velvet Revolution in 1989, following the government’s announcement that two Russian agents were responsible for explosions at a munitions depot in the Moravian village of Vrbětice in 2014, in which two people were killed. Former Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka expressed the public’s shock perfectly: “I would say that this is the largest Russian attack on Czech soil since the invasion in 1968. It is a historic moment, and we must react.”