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Prague, Apr 17 (EFE/EPA).- Czech Republic on Saturday announced that they are expelling 18 Russian diplomats identified as spies due to their link to the 2014 explosion in Vrbetice.In a joint press conference, Czech Prime Minister stated that according to the findings of the Czech security forces, there is a ground to believe that members of the Russian secret service GRU were involved in the explosion of the ammunition complex in Vrbetice in 2014.All 18 diplomats have 48 hours to leave the country. (Camera: MARTIN DIVISEK).SHOT LIST: CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER JAN HAMACEK AND CZECH PRIME MINISTER ANDREJ BABIS ADDRESS A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE, AT THE CZERNIN PALACE AND MEDIA WAIT OUTSIDE THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC.
Berlin (Germany), Feb 9 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Filip Singer).- Germany, Poland and Sweden responded to Moscow Monday, each of them expelling a Russian diplomat from their territory, in a coordinated action with Russia on the same day that the EU called for new sanctions against Russia following the Kremlin's decision to expel three European diplomats on Friday. FOOTAGE OF THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY AND THE GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICE IN BERLIN.
Former British spy and Soviet secret agent George Blake has died in Moscow. He was 98. CNN reports a spokesperson for the Russian foreign intelligence agency SVR said Blake was 'highly respected and appreciated.' Blake used his position as an officer in the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, to spy for the Soviet Union. His secret work for the USSR humiliated the country's intelligence establishment when it was discovered at the height of the Cold War. In the UK he is perhaps best known for his daring escape from London's Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1966.
EU President Donald Tusk 'condemns' the Russian 'cyber attack' that Dutch security services say they thwarted against the OPCW. SOUNDBITE
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk welcomes his UK counterpart Rishi Sunak to Warsaw, with the British leader in the Polish capital for talks that will focus on Ukraine and wider European security. Sunak's visit to Eastern Europe comes as Kyiv pleads with allies to ramp up supplies of ammunition and air defences desperately needed to repel Russian attacks. IMAGES
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