Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:03:00 +0200Klaus, Havel divided over 'authoritarian' tendencies of Russia's president in wake of Beslan tragedyhttps://english.radio.cz/klaus-havel-divided-over-authoritarian-tendencies-russias-president-wake-beslan-8091309© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalFormer Czech President Vaclav Havel and 100 international figures sent an open letter to the heads of all European Union and NATO states this week criticizing President Vladimir Putin for allegedly using the Beslan school tragedy to "further undermine" democracy in Russia. The current Czech President, Vaclav Klaus, has taken a very different stance and in fact came to his Russian counterpart's defense, saying there is no proof that Mr Putin is jailing his political opponents or systematically suppressing freedoms.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 Klaus, Havel divided over 'authoritarian' tendencies of Russia's president in wake of Beslan tragedy https://english.radio.cz/klaus-havel-divided-over-authoritarian-tendencies-russias-president-wake-beslan-8091309 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9