Former Czech ambassador to Russia says country is a security threat

Forty years after the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic still has reason to fear Russia, Luboš Dobrovský, former ambassador to Moscow told Hospodařské Noviny. Mr. Dobrovský who served as the country’s ambassador to Russia in the late 1990s, said that it was important for the democratic community to jointly condemn Moscow’s use of force, otherwise the country would be tempted to provoke its neighbours again and again in view of depriving them of their independence. Russia will undoubtedly continue trying to restore its political, military and economic influence in its close neighbourhood, Mr. Dobrovský told the paper.