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 Rússia expulsa diplomatas checos infographic
A infografia mostra os detalhes da explosão no depósito de armas de Vrbetice, na República Checa.
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POLÍTICA

Rússia retalia com expulsão de diplomatas checos

April 19, 2021 - A Rússia expulsou 20 diplomatas checos numa medida retaliatória, um
dia depois de Praga mandar para casa 18 elementos da embaixada russa suspeitos de envolvimento numa explosão em 2014 que matou duas pessoas.

Czech authorities say the Russian diplomats are believed to be intelligence operatives, accusations that Moscow has classed as unfounded and absurd, the BBC said

The explosion, which tore apart an ammunitions storage depot in a forest at Vrbetice in the Czech Republic in October 2014, was originally assumed to have been an accident.

But a painstaking investigation by Czech authorities has pointed the finger at Russia’s GRU spy agency. Czech police have identified two men in connection with the blast – Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov. The names match the aliases of two Russian intelligence officers who are wanted in the UK in connection with the 2018 Salisbury poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal.

The two men and Moscow both deny any involvement in the Skripal poisoning, claiming they were visiting the area for tourism.

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PUBLISHED: 19/04/2021; STORY: Graphic News
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