Russian Foreign Ministry Labels Czechia One of the "Bastions of Neo-Nazism"

Russia's Foreign Ministry has claimed that Czechia, along with Poland, ranks among the countries with a "tense situation" regarding neo-Nazism, trailing only the Baltic states and Ukraine by this measure. The statement was reported by the Russian news agency TASS.

According to the Russian diplomats' narrative, it is in the Baltic states and Ukraine where "Nazism is openly glorified, Russophobia is spreading, and monuments to anti-fascists are being destroyed." Moldova and several other countries were described by the Russian Foreign Ministry as states "rapidly catching up with the leaders of this ranking."

Odd Historical Comparisons

The ministry's statement cites "militarist Japan" and "Nazi Germany" as points of reference for these countries. Notably, Moscow makes no mention of the fact that the USSR itself signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany in 1939.

Not the First Time Czechia Has Appeared on Moscow's Blacklist

Czechia's appearance in Russian propaganda is no coincidence. Following the Vrbětice ammunition depot explosions, which Czech authorities determined were orchestrated by agents of Russia's military intelligence service GRU in 2014, the country became the second in the world to be placed on Russia's list of "unfriendly states."

Since last year, the Russian state-run newspaper Vzglyad has published a monthly ranking of "hostile governments," in which Czechia consistently appears among the top ten.

Source: novinky.cz