The Russian Investigative Committee said it will open a criminal case into the recent removal of a controversial statue of a Soviet World War II marshal in the Czech capital, Prague. The committee would investigate the alleged “defiling of symbols of Russia’s military glory”, although it has no legal jurisdiction in the Czech Republic.
Source: RFE/RL
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