Russia Poses Direct Threat To Czech Republic

Russia poses threat to Czech Republic
The Czech Republic still has reason to be afraid of Russia, former Czech ambassador to Russia Lubos Dobrovsky (in office 1996-2000) says in the daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) Wednesday.

"I am afraid that Russia poses a threat to the world peace. If the democratic world fails to find enough reasons to come to an agreement on its united position towards Russia, Moscow would be more and more often provoking its neighbours trying to deprive them of their independence," Dobrovsky says.

"Russia will again try to restore its political, military and economic influence in the region which it describes as its close neighbourhood," Dobrovsky says.

A former member of the Czechoslovak Charter 77 dissident movement Dobrovsky was Czechoslovak defence minister after the 1989 fall of communism.

Regarding the methods in which the democratic world could show its clearly negative reaction to Russia's foreign policy, Dobrovsky says questioning of Russia as the host of the next winter Olympic games is one of the ways.

"Or through a democratic position that Russia will not be a member of the World Trade Organisation unless it starts behaving in a more civilised manner. Or by denying Russian representatives an invitation to G7 group meetings," Dobrovsky says.

He says Russia certainly poses a direct threat to Czech security.

"Russian high-ranking military representatives have said clearly they would direct their missiles against the Czech Republic if a U.S. radar were stationed on Czech soil. I am not mentioning an economic danger the Czech Republic faces," Dobrovsky says.

As Czech ambassador to Russia, Dobrovsky vehemently advocated the Czech Republic's entry to NATO in the Russian press in 1999.

I'm sure that Vladi Paranoid was pleased to read that. lol

He resigned as Czech ambassador to Moscow under Social Democrat (CSSD) former foreign minister Jan Kavan due to his disputes with the ministry.

According to a public opinion poll published by HN today, 41 percent of Czechs are afraid that the Czech Republic's security could be threatened by Russia.

HN writes that two-thirds of Czechs believe that Russia is not a democratic country, according to the poll conducted by the STEM agency for HN.

Via ČeskéNoviny


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