The Czech Republic is expelling 18 employees of the Russian embassy who, according to local intelligence services, serve in Russian intelligence, First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Jan Hamacek, who is also acting as foreign minister, said at an emergency press conference in Prague on Saturday.
According to him, the expelled diplomats are officers of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service and GU. "Within 48 hours, 18 employees of the Russian embassy must leave the Czech Republic," TASS quotes the minister as saying.
