Pro and anti-Russian activists demonstrate in front of Russian embassy

Two groups of protestors gathered in front of the Russian embassy in Prague on Saturday afternoon, one in support of Ukraine in its fight against Russia, the other to demonstrate against Russophobia and the Czech-American agreement on defence cooperation.

The pro-Ukraine demonstration was organised by the activist group Kaputin, which has been organising similar events since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They had some items from previous demonstrations with them, such as a papier-mâché effigy of Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting on a toilet and another one where he is lying in a coffin.

According to the Czech News Agency, the pro-Russian demonstration was called by Tomáš Čermák, who was sentenced in March for supporting and promoting terrorism in a video released on Facebook last year. The demonstrators carried Czech, Russian and Soviet Union flags, and a banner with the inscription "Russia is not our enemy".

The Czech News Agency reports that there were roughly three dozen people in each group.