Head of Constitutional Court says Zeman is wrong about Vrbětice investigation

Claims by President Miloš Zeman and Justice Minister Marie Benešová that there are multiple investigation versions about what caused the 2014 explosion in the Vrbětice munitions depot are damaging to Czech and NATO interests, the Chairman of the Constitutional Court Pavel Rychetský told Czech Television on Sunday. He said that he believes it is certain that the Russians were involved.

The reaction comes weeks after President Zeman claimed that the involvement of Russian intelligence in the blast, which killed two people, was only one version of what happened in Vrbětice in 2014. Mr. Rychetský also said that Russia will always remain a threat for Central Europe, because it is unwilling to forget the time when it was in control of the region.