Interior Ministry: anti-government movement stronger than traditional extremist groups

The anti-government, "anti-system" movement overshadowed traditional xenophobic populist groups in the first six months of this year, the Ministry of the Interior wrote in its biannual report on extremism in Czechia. The viewpoints of this subsection of Czech society have been deeply influenced by the long-standing undermining of democracy by Russia, the report states. Compared to similar groups that were operating before the covid-19 pandemic, the current movement is more active and most of its members are over 40 years old.