Czechs kick out Russian embassy staffers over fake plot to poison Prague mayors

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The Czech Prime Minister reveals the nation has expelled two staffers from the Russian embassy after one of them sent Czech intelligence services false information regarding a potential attack against Prague politicians.

The Czech Republic's spy agency has discovered that a diplomat from the Russian Embassy in Prague spread false information about a Russian assassin arriving to allegedly target the Czech capital's mayors.They were expelled for spreading misinformation about a fake plot to poison Prague city mayorsAs a result, the central European nation declared the two Russian embassy staff involved persona non grata and expelled them from the country.

The alleged assassination plot surfaced in April when the investigative Respekt weekly magazine reported that Czech intelligence services suspected a Russian who arrived in Prague on a diplomatic passport was sent to poison Prague Mayor Zdenek Hrib and Prague 6 district mayor Ondrej Kolar with ricin.

The story was based on anonymous sources and the Czech Foreign Ministry only confirmed that a Russian diplomat arrived in Prague in March., saying that the notion that Czech authorities spotted a Russian man equipped with ricin and let him through did not make sense.

 

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