Army advisor says secret services monitoring pro-Putin “Czechoslovak Soldiers in Reserve”

An advisor to the chief of staff of the Czech Army, Ludvík Cimburek, says the country’s secret services are beginning to monitor the self-styled Czechoslovak Soldiers in Reserve. The group are supporters of President Miloš Zeman and Russia’s Vladimir Putin and regard NATO as a criminal organisation. Mr. Cimburek told the Czech News Agency that there could be problems in future if its members were to join the army or police force. Czechoslovak Soldiers in Reserve signs were held aloft at a recent anti-Islam rally at which Mr. Zeman spoke.