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NATO says concerned by Russian actions in Czech spy dispute (REUTERS)

22.04.2021 16:58
NATO said on Thursday it was worried about Russian "destabilising actions" abroad after the Czech Republic said two Russian spies accused of a poisoning in Britain in 2018 were behind a fatal explosion at a Czech ammunition depot four years earlier.
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"Allies express deep concern over the destabilising actions Russia continues to carry out across the Euro-Atlantic area, including on alliance territory, and stand in full solidarity with the Czech Republic," NATO's 30 allies said in a statement.

The dispute, which has led to tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions in Prague and Moscow, is the sharpest between the two countries since the end of the Communist era in 1989 and comes at a time of acute tensions in Russia's relations with the West.

(Reporting by Robin Emmott, editing by Marine Strauss, Reuters)