Russia expels 20 Czech diplomats in row over fatal depot explosion

Czech Ambassador Vitezslav Pivonka was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday evening and told that the 20 diplomats must leave by the end of Monday

Sun, 18 Apr, 2021 - 22:09

Associated Press Reporter

Russia has ordered 20 Czech diplomats to leave the country in response to the Czech government’s expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats identified as spies for an intelligence agency involved in a 2014 ammunition depot explosion.

Czech Ambassador Vitezslav Pivonka was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday evening and told that the 20 diplomats must leave by the end of Monday.