Foreign minister sets up working group to look into the use of real estate owned by Russian Embassy

Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský has established a working group that is to look into the use of real estate owned by the Russian Embassy in the Czech Republic. According to a Foreign Ministry spokesperson this concerns several dozen buildings in Russian ownership in Prague and a number of other cities. There are suspicions that the buildings are not being used for diplomatic purposes according to international conventions. The working group is expected to work closely with the respective municipalities on the matter.