The government of the Czech Republic annulled nine decrees adopted by the Czechoslovak Council of Ministers in the period from 1972 to 1980 on the transfer of the Russian Federation, the successor of the USSR, to the free use of lands in the republic. writes about it TASS Referring to a Twitter message from European Affairs Minister Martin Dvořák.
“We canceled the government decisions taken by Russian tanks at gunpoint after the invasion of our country, which until now allowed Russia to use large areas of our territory free of charge,” the head of the department said in a statement.
Dvořák spoke about 59 plots that, according to Czech media, were not used by the Russian embassy for “diplomatic purposes”. Such sites are located in Prague, Karlovy Vary, Brno and other parts of the country.
According to the media, on these sites there are 25 buildings, including those belonging to the Russian diplomatic mission in residential buildings in the Czech Republic.
ČTK news agency wrote that the Russian embassy can now continue to use the lands affected by the Cabinet decision on the basis of lease agreements.
Earlier, it was reported that inflation in the euro area was on the rise until the end of April this year. accelerated from 6.9% to 7% annually. Thus, the final forecast coincided with the preliminary forecast and was lower than the same period last year (7.4%). In April, the highest inflation rate was recorded mainly in Eastern European countries. For example, in Hungary the figure reached 24.5% at the end of last month, in Latvia – 15%, in the Czech Republic – 14.3%.