President Czech Zeman said "Russian spies" is just one of the two directions to investigate the bullet warehouse explosion in 2014, the event of stress Prague - Moscow.
"We are investigating two hypotheses. First, the explosion originates in carelessness in handling explosives, the second is the result of a foreign intelligence campaign. I consider seriously the hypothesis
Zeman said there was no evidence that the Russian spies invaded the arsenal in VRBETICE, but added that it was not possible to exclude this hypothesis.
President Zeman in a meeting in Prague 2016. Photo: AFP.
This is the first time the Czech President mentioned publicly to the bullet warehouse explosion causing diplomatic stress between Prague and Moscow.
The explosion occurred in October 2014 in stock 16 in Vrbetice village, east of Czech, destroying 50 tons of bullets and causing these two workers to kill.
Prime Minister Czech Andrej Babis on April 17 spoke directly on television on "suspects whose officers of Russian army intelligence agencies are involved in bullet warehouse explosions in VRBETICE Area", adding
Foreign Minister JAN Hamacek then announced that 18 employees of the Russian Embassy were asked to leave within 72 hours.
The move "eat pieces" continues on April 19, when the Czech Industry Minister Karel Havlicek said the Russian National Energy Group Rosatom will be bid from bidding for new reactors at the power plant
The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman on April 23 said it would limit the Embassy of the Czech Embassy in Moscow, which means the Embassy of the two countries will only have 7 diplomats on May 31.