The Ministry of defence of the Czech Republic reported that it cannot give Russia a monument to Marshal Konev, which was dismantled in Prague. The reason for the military Department said that the monument belongs to the municipality of the district Prague 6, and not to him.”The monument is not a Ministry of defence property and is not located on its territory. At the same time, for legal reasons, cannot be included in the category of war graves. The decision to dismantle the monument was taken municipality of the city district Prague 6, and the defense Ministry, according to law, can not enter into the rights of ownership of Prague-6, which includes the monument and, thus, has no right to make a decision about his possible transfer of the Russian Federation”,— is spoken in the reply of the Minister of defence of the Czech Republic Lubomir Menara to the letter of the Minister of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu (quoted by “RIA Novosti”).We will remind, the monument to Marshal Ivan Konev dismantled in Prague by the municipal authorities on 3 April. Then the demolition of the monument caused outrage among Russian authorities and the public. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed the view that the elected to their positions people can make decisions that feel right. Later, the scandal amid reports that the Czech capital from Russia came a spy with a diplomatic passport and ricin in the suitcase.Read more about the situation with the demolition of the monument — in the material “Kommersant” “the Marshal and the suitcase with the poison.”
