CZECH REPUBLIC

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▪️Why news

✅A day after the Czech Republic expelled 18 Russian diplomats, Russia retaliated by announcing it would send back 20 Czech diplomats, exacerbating relations that have already been strained in recent times.

▪️About:

✅Prague had accused Russian embassy officials of being intelligence operatives, and said that it suspected them of being involved in a 2014 explosion at an arms depot that left two dead.

✅The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

✅It is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the east.

✅Its Capital is Prague.