Czech Republic decides to return ambassador to Moscow

The Czech Republic has decided to return its ambassador to Moscow; the new head of the diplomatic mission has already been approved by Russia and will soon begin performing his duties. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic.

Relations between Russia and the Czech Republic deteriorated in 2021 after Prague accused Moscow of involvement in the 2014 explosions at the Vrbětice ammunition depot. The parties then exchanged notes of protest, the Czech Republic expelled 18 Russian diplomats allegedly linked to intelligence, and Russia sent home 20 Czech diplomatic workers. The Czech ambassador Vítězslav Pivoňka remained in Moscow, but in 2022 he left for Prague, from where he continued to perform his duties, but was finally recalled in May of this year.

In Prague, they thought for a long time about whether to return the ambassador to Moscow, but President Petr Pavel decided that it was necessary to have a full diplomatic representation in Russia, especially since the Czech Republic’s main NATO allies had not recalled their ambassadors.

Key countries that are strategic allies of the Czech Republic – such as Great Britain, France, Germany, Poland and the United States – have ambassadors in Russia.

- stated the head of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jan Lipavsky.

Daniel Koštoval, an experienced diplomat who previously held the post of Deputy Minister of Defense, has been appointed the new Czech Ambassador to Russia. His candidacy has been agreed upon with the Russian Foreign Ministry. He will arrive in Moscow at the beginning of 2025.

Comments

[DIM (a)]

The question is, do we need their ambassador?

[Alexey Sommer]

Let it be.
Maybe you'll be able to go to Prague and have some beer, I recommend it.
And so the usual Road story (C): I don’t remember evil, I’ll take him again... Vysotsky, if anything.)

[Vicontas]

Jackals always try to keep their nose to the wind. Like the Czech authorities - to keep up with the leaders of the pack!

[Alexey Sommer]

These are all old truths. After every war comes peace. It has always been so before and it will be so again.

[Sergey Averchenkov]

It all depends on the point of view - after every peace comes another war. War is the normal state of humanity.

[alexoff]

What, is the war on the wane? Or maybe we're still only at the stage of fighting at Lake Khasan and haven't even started on the other side yet?

[Zhan]

Maybe you'll be able to go to Prague and have some beer, I recommend it.

Yes, their beer is great

And he went off to the side.
I let go and lay down myself, -
I had a dream about our "fun" twist:
As if again around five hundred,
I'm looking for a way out of the gate, -
But there is no such thing, there is only an entrance, and even that is not the right one.

[SEVERIN]

Is there nowhere else to drink beer? - There are many good places in Russia where they brew and sell good beer.

[gsev]

Quote: Alexey Sommer

Maybe you'll be able to go to Prague and have some beer, I recommend it.

Are you sure that beer mugs are washed properly in Prague?

[Alexey Sommer]

When I drank from them, I had no complaints about the mugs.
And even more so to their contents.

[gsev]

Quote: Alexey Sommer

When I drank from them, I had no complaints about the mugs.

There are many venereal diseases and fungal venereal diseases can be transmitted through unwashed mugs. By the way, drinking beer creates a convenient breeding ground for fungi from the human body.

[Alexey Sommer]

Quote: gsev

There are many sexually transmitted diseases and fungal sexually transmitted diseases can be transmitted through unwashed mugs.

I have no problem with this question.
Do you have any negative experiences?
It's a rare thing, I've never even heard of such cases before you.
How long did it take to treat?

[gsev]

Quote: Alexey Sommer

How long did it take to treat?

Old Believers drink only from their own glassware. In the Czech Republic, beer mugs are really badly washed. It's a nice thing to get herpes from a beer mug. Although it is a virus.

[Alexey Sommer]

Quote: gsev

Old Believers are accustomed to drink only from their own vessels.

Don't Old Believers hug and kiss each other when they meet?

[gsev]

Quote: Alexey Sommer

Don't Old Believers hug and kiss each other when they meet?

I have never seen my father kissing anyone. His relative gave me a separate mug when I was visiting their family. In India, it is generally accepted to eat food not prepared by your relatives only after heat treatment. So Prague pubs are simply a breeding ground for infection.

[Alexey Sommer]

Quote: gsev

In India, it is generally accepted to eat food that is not cooked by your relatives only after heat treatment. So Prague pubs are simply a breeding ground for infection.

Most likely, it is connected with the climate. It is hot in India, all food spoils quickly, that is understandable.
One state in India has just passed a law banning waiters from urinating or spitting in customers' cups.
What are you writing to me about?)
https://lenta.ru/news/2024/10/16/v-indii-zapretyat-mochitsya-i-plevat-v-edu-klientam-kafe-i-restoranov/

[gsev]

Quote: Alexey Sommer

spit in customers' mugs

A waitress will easily spit in your cup in any city if you gave her a bad tip last time. And in general, it is better not to visit public catering establishments in hostile countries and not to trade with them unless absolutely necessary. The DPRK is capable of supplying shoes and machine tools no worse than the Czech ones.

[guest]

Quote: DIM (a)

The question is, do we need their ambassador?

That's what I thought too.

[IVZ]

The question is, do we need their ambassador?

This is not a question. We don't care at all now. So we can ignore it. Well, let it be a pity or something.

[Gvardeetz77]

Quote: DIM (a)

The question is, do we need their ambassador?

Since it was agreed with the Russian MFA, it is probably needed; if it wasn’t needed, they would have found a reason not to agree

[newtc7]

Of course... they just have a reactive position, they can't do anything themselves. They took the ambassador, they returned the ambassador, and ours are mu-mu as usual. There is nothing for the ambassador of a country that is super actively helping our enemy to do here. What good does this do us?
When they improve, then we can think about returning the ambassador, that's what the country would do with respect for itself. Everything is as usual with us.

[Reserve officer]

The Czechs recalled their ambassador in a completely boorish manner. In the hope that all NATO countries would behave the same way. But it didn't work out. No one supported it.
And now what? They brought back the ambassador and didn't even apologize? And our Foreign Ministry accepted him? Of course, I'm not a diplomat, I could be wrong, but in my opinion, the return of the ambassador in this way, without admitting his mistake and without apologizing to us, is another insult to our country.

[Slayko]

We Czechs have a government made up of sycophants and idiots. Only we, the common people, pay for it.

[German Titov]

I was already worried. How can we live without the Czech Republic? And we won't be able to drink their beer anymore. "Baltika" rules, "definitely"

[Reklastik]

"Baltika" rules, "definitely"

- send "Baltika" to the Czech Republic in full and without a trace, for rubles. Let the Czechs poison themselves with this swill!

[Alexey Sommer]

Quote: Reklastik

Let the Czechs poison themselves with this booze!

Why do they need it? They have their own beautiful things.
Czechs make the best beer IMHO.

[Reklastik]

Czechs make the best beer IMHO.

- Hungarians do it no worse. And we have some too.

[Bolt cutter]

Hungarians do it no worse

I have not yet found a better beer in Europe than the Slovenian lager Union.

[Vikxnumx]

I have not yet found a better beer in Europe than the Slovenian lager Union.

And Belgian beer is very good! I tried it on the recommendation of Germans...

[gsev]

Quote: Bolt Cutter

I have not yet found a better beer in Europe than the Slovenian lager Union.

Of all alcoholic drinks, beer is the most harmful. If you don't want to get dementia, heart attack, stroke and diabetes ahead of time, give up alcohol. Beer provokes obesity and diabetes more than any other alcoholic drink.

[Bolt cutter]

Beer is the biggest cause of obesity and diabetes

If you drink three liters once a day. In "beer countries" there is no mass death of the population.

[bone1]

Do we need him? - if they sent him, they sent him, and when they start repenting, they will be allowed to do so on their knees.

[newtc7]

This is the correct position. But self-esteem and the country's authority are definitely not about our Foreign Ministry.

[Dirty Liar]

Your logic is at the level of youthful maximalism: "Oh, they supply weapons? Throw them out!"
Complete nonsense. Diplomats are always needed. There have been cases when two warring parties had each other's diplomatic missions operating.
Diplomacy is needed to get your point across. Where does the Czech government learn about our point of view and the real state of affairs? From the media? No way. Ambassadors are also needed to show when we are very unhappy with some actions. The ambassador is called and a protest note is handed over with a detailed explanation of where they screwed up.
So I advise you to reconsider your attitude towards diplomatic missions.

[Kelwin]

And remind me, who is the Czech Republic on the world stage and why the hell do we need it? It is not needed at all, let it continue to work its tongue under NATO's tail.

[Dirty Liar]

What difference does it make who is what? Who is Benin on the world stage? But there is an embassy. Diplomacy is always needed. Because war lasts for a limited period of time, but diplomacy always works.

[Kelwin]

There is a difference. It makes sense to talk to those who decide something. It is pointless to talk to mongrels.

[Dirty Liar]

That's what I'm saying - youthful maximalism, plus, perhaps, the beginnings of AUE.
It seems there is no point in talking to you.

[Kelwin]

Well, yes, when there is nothing to say according to the manual, we resort to personalities. Get off the line.

[newtc7]

Just some mantras that are not filled with meaning. In 2024, it has long been accepted to think with your head and not throw slogans and think according to the principle "you are the boss, I am".
Change

[Alexander Vanichev]

We need a Czech ambassador so that there will be a Russian ambassador in the Czech Republic. Intelligence under diplomatic cover has not been cancelled. Are there any experts on diplomacy here?

[evgen1221]

I beg you, in the digital age, intelligence reports can be sent from anywhere, they are not paper letters, technical samples are not often stolen, it is not the 19th century, if necessary, they will find a way (cocaine was found a way to bring in diplomatic pouches, and they will cope with this. In the digital age, you can send intelligence via personal messages in games, and from a smartphone. But the presence of an additional staff of spies from the EU does not matter to us, well, it did not exist, it only became cleaner, the rest has not changed. And with their Russophobia, our diplomats will be under constant threat, and they will be able to travel around the country in complete safety, very equal conditions.

[newtc7]

Yes. Modern Russian diplomacy is rock bottom. It is stuck between the 19th and 20th centuries. As the comrade below correctly wrote, in the 21st century all the mechanisms of interaction have become very different. This needs to be studied, systematized and applied, and not trying to attack with cavalry in a drone war.

[gsev]

Quote from: newtc7

Yes. Modern Russian diplomacy is rock bottom.

Nevertheless, Russian diplomacy was able to normalize relations with China, Iran, and Afghanistan. And the US, thanks to its diplomats, broke Kissinger's covenant to have better relations between the US and Russia and China than Russia has with China.

[HUMANOID]

Kelwin
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And remind me, who is the Czech Republic on the world stage and why the hell do we need it? It is not needed at all, let it continue to work its tongue under NATO's tail.


There are many states on the world stage that are similar in size and even smaller. Hungary, North Korea, Vietnam or, for example, the Vatican. And we maintain diplomatic relations with them. The Czech people are not to blame for the fact that their political elite made a move against Russia, elites come and go, but the people remain.
By the way, Russia has not always had cloudless relations with other countries, with China for example after the incident with Damansky

[newtc7]

And how are you going to communicate with the Czech people through their ambassador to Russia?
To communicate with people you need:
- NGOs of humanitarian persuasion are Russophile on their territory
- a conditional "Pushkin University" in which Czechs would learn Russian and become imbued with Russian culture
- inbound tourism to Russia and outbound tourism to the Czech Republic
- training their students in Russia, not for free, for good money of course. Free only for the very talented
- joint media projects such as music festivals and so on (not to be confused with pilaf festivals)
What does their ambassador have to do with it? Or do you think he can be persuaded to do all this? Of course not, this must be done without paying attention to the presence/absence of ambassadors.

[Kelwin]

There are many states on the world stage that are similar in size and even smaller. Hungary, North Korea, Vietnam or, for example, the Vatican. And we maintain diplomatic relations with them.

So the conversation is not about the size of the territory, but about the foreign policy position taken in relation to our country and the sanity of the political course. Hungary can be cited as an example in this regard thanks to Viktor Orban, who, despite the pressure of his "partners" in the European Union, takes a sensible and sane position. And the Vatican, for example, has not been noticed in the supply of weapons and the financing of this Sabbath of madmen. As for the people of the Czech Republic, there are no questions for them, for the people. However, he will resolve issues with his leadership himself, these are the internal affairs of an independent state. It was probably not the people who recalled the ambassador, and it was not us who expelled him, what claims can there be.

[gsev]

Quote: HUMANOID

There are many countries on the world stage that are similar in size and even smaller. Hungary, North Korea, Vietnam or, for example, the Vatican.

The population of the Czech Republic is 10 million, the population of the DPRK is 26 million. The area of ​​the Czech Republic is 78 sq km, the area of ​​the DPRK is 000 sq km. The population of Vietnam is 130 million people, the area is 000 sq km. Of course, the data is approximate.

[newtc7]

It's all wrong... your logic is on the level of the Soviet party committee. There must be a utilitarian function, the Czech ambassador simply doesn't have one here.
The country's reputation is more important than the opportunity to wag tongues. As for communicating a position, this argument is generally, well, let's say, so official that it can't get any further. Before this, there were all the Western ambassadors, and how did we communicate our position to them?
They know our position better than you and me, and they also know who is who in the State Duma and in what positions.
To show that some actions do not suit us, we need not an ambassador, we need the absence of an ambassador. And his return here when their actions begin to suit us.

In general, all this chatter is of the same rank as "we should be PACE to convey our position." 10 years after it became clear that this was just a pointless dead end and a waste of money - the delegation was finally taken away from there and it was recognized at the state level that it was useless to sit there. And as it turned out - exactly zero changed, only minus the expenses.
This is not the 19th century or the 15th, the times are different and the approaches should be different, modern.
Including the system of our Foreign Ministry, to put it mildly, is outdated and extremely ineffective.

[mikh-korsakov]

"Where does the Czech government learn about our point of view and the real state of affairs? From the media?"

Well, yes. Where from, where from. At least where from. And why do the Czechs need a point of view? The Czechs' business is to sniff under the tail of the owner. They will report to NATO at a party meeting. At worst, let them watch for 60 minutes. They will explain there.

[evgen1221]

Their diplomats will especially understand that their country is doing something wrong when, following the off-note, they are also beaten in the face privately when leaving their embassy.

[bone1]

When did warring countries have diplomats with each other?

[Dirty Liar]

Well, off the top of my head - the Georgian-Ossetian conflict. 08.08.08.
Georgia broke off diplomatic relations with Russia only on 02.09.08/XNUMX/XNUMX.
Ambassadors are sent/departed without fail only when war is officially declared. In case of a conflict without declaration - at the discretion of the parties to the conflict.

[bone1]

It's funny - they were talking about warring countries, but the example is about conflicting countries.

[Dirty Liar]

And in a military conflict, the parties don’t fight each other, right?
By the way, we also don't have a war with Ukraine, but a military conflict (on our side it's a Special Military Operation). No one declared war.

[bone1]

Well, they said something that was not relevant - why continue to insist?

[Dirty Liar]

Why the hell would it be "off topic"? I wrote:

two warring parties

Russia and Georgia were in 2008 warring parties? There were. The conflict began on 08.08.08. Our ambassador was "asked to leave Georgia" on 29.08.08. Complete rupture of diplomatic relations - 02.09.08.
What's wrong? Or do you have some other logic? Why do you insist without evidence?

[gsev]

Quote: Bone1

It's funny - they were talking about warring countries, but the example is about conflicting countries.

Soviet diplomats were not expelled from Japan in 1945. During the landing in Tokyo, American naval intelligence, having met Soviet diplomats in uniform, reported to the top that the Russians had invaded Japan before the US. The difference between a conflict and a war is vague. The losses of the Germans in Poland in 1939 and the Japanese in the same year at Khalkhin Gol were approximately the same.

[bone1]

In the chaos of that time, when the capitulation was about to happen, the Japanese didn't keep an eye on it, so it's not an example.

[gsev]

Quote: Bone1

In the chaos of that time, when the capitulation was about to happen, the Japanese didn't keep an eye on it, so it's not an example.

In 1939, Japan also did not break off relations with the USSR.

[bone1]

And should it have? - And for what reason?

[gsev]

Quote: Bone1

And should it have? - And for what reason?

Between 20 and 000 Japanese and Manchus were killed and wounded. This is not the 50 Georgians killed in Saakashvili's invasion of South Ossetia.

[agoran]

An ambassador must come with gifts. If he supplies weapons to the enemy, then he must be driven out of the yard with piss-soaked rags.

[Victal]

There is nothing to talk about with the Czech Republic. They are returning the ambassador only to demonstratively recall him at the first opportunity

[newtc7]

And also to work with local agents.

[Sebastian Aristarkhovich Pereira]

-Who are you?
-The Czech Ambassador...
-Well, go to your Czech Republic!

It's a pity that it's not like that.....

[comradChe]

Oh, how the owners of factories, steamships, and coal mines want to join the European cultural reality again. As it was in the good old days. They have completely "withered away" here, looking at the mug of the people. Russia is disappearing...

[Huarabey]

Do not wait.
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[Most polite]

Czech Republic decides to return ambassador to Moscow

Weakies

[75 Sergey]

Ambassadors and diplomats are, first and foremost, intelligence officers.

[Yes it's me]

for the fact that their vampires are beating Belgorod non-stop, they should be sent to that square, and not only sent

[75 Sergey]

Exactly, send an ambassador to Belgorod, let them open an embassy there, otherwise they are all climbing into Moscow, as if it is made of rubber

[Fangaro]

Thanks to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Lavrov that the Czechs and Fučík zase spolu.

[Jupiter]

The Czechs are our enemies. Short and clear.

[75 Sergey]

The Czech government is our enemy, let's not generalize.

[Jupiter]

Plus to you! As we know, the amount doesn't change from changing places

[alexoff]

Well, the Czechs are nobody to us; on the world stage after the Hussite wars they had only symbolic significance.

[Eugene 62]

The Czechs have always been PROSTITUTES. And they remain so. Let them first restore the monument to Marshal Konev in Prague. And take their MLRS from Ukraine.

[LeutnantTom]

Tell him or her.
Jetzt muss erstmal der deutsche Botschafter aus Russland rausgeschmissen werden. Die Berliner Regierung hat den 2+4 Vertrag gebrochen.
So gesehen hat Russland das Recht wieder in der ehemaligen DDR bzw. im Osten von Deutschland präsent zu sein!

[RuAbel]

Summoning an ambassador to your country is a serious demarche in diplomacy. It usually means that the ambassador's country does not agree with the current policy of the host country. Recalling an ambassador means a de facto lowering of the level of diplomatic relations, although this is not officially declared, a kind of "final warning".
I think that this fact should be consolidated and not accept the Czech's credentials, let him go back. The Czech Republic is not a country that is worth being soft-spoken with, even for the opportunity to go and see pissing giants and drink Czech beer, which has not been the same for a long time.
In general, our Foreign Ministry is very liberal in its attitude towards European dwarfs in terms of lowering the level of diplomatic relations. There is no benefit to Russia, except harm, from the embassies of these vassals, and let the Westerners drink Pilsner and chew sprats at their own risk.
I believe that relations with Eastern and Baltic Europe must be severed to hell and back, without waiting for peritonitis.
I foresee a counter-narrative about the Suwalki Corridor, non-citizens, etc. I believe that everything can be resolved without harming Russia's prestige, but that's another story.

[75 Sergey]

Well, our people don’t want to accept it, for “Czech initiatives”?

[Ascetic]

- they wanted to - they recalled, they came up with some nonsense - they sent it. Russia is not a walk-through yard. It turns out that no one asks us - they wanted to recall, they wanted to return.
What is the use of it? What benefits do we get from it?

[TermNachTer]

Did Schweik's descendants decide to change their shoes in mid-jump?))) Is this spy needed in Moscow?

[Ezekiel 25-17]

Why do we need this Vaska...

[Moneron]

Czech beer will make you pee crooked...
Russian patriots need to learn real patriotism from the West...there is nothing Russian on their territory. And the local contingent will sell their homeland for Adidas.
learn to do your own thing well, and not consume someone else's advanced product...civilized consumer freeloaders....

[Vasyan1971]

It will arrive in Moscow at the beginning of 2025.

What's the point? Do we need it?

[Joker62]

In Prague they thought for a long time about whether to return the ambassador to Moscow, but President Petr Pavel decided that it was necessary to have a full diplomatic representation in Russia

The head of the Czech Republic himself is a former general of his country, a real soldier. And he appointed the same soldier as the ambassador to Russia:

Daniel Kostoval, an experienced diplomat who previously held the post of Deputy Minister of Defense, has been appointed the new Czech Ambassador to Russia.

What kind of policy relations between the two countries - Russia and the Czech Republic - will there be, only God or the devil knows.

[grindz]

Typical country of the litter. Ran ahead of the locomotive, thought that the owners would do the same soon, but it didn't work out and now with its tail between its legs it returns

[tolmachiev51]

They wanted to "bark" louder than anyone else, the pack didn't support them - they're working back. They haven't even noticed in two years, maybe they won't be needed anymore.

[evgen1221]

Well, why the hell did we need this crowd of spies? They united in the EU, so leave one Belgian ambassador, the rest get out.

[MaxKruh]

The page that brought Russia a lot of troubles and insults should be banned by Russia forever, what kind of business can we have with them, but no, ours caved in.

[Grossvater]

The Czechs are famous foxes. If there's one thing they know how to do, it's keep their nose to the wind. So, that's good news.

[Yuras_Belarus]

As I understand it, the Czech authorities were counting on the US approving their demarche and at least the Baltics, Poles and Romanians supporting it. It didn't work.

[Cannon]

"The Czech Republic has decided to return its ambassador to Moscow," And we'll just wipe our faces and pretend that nothing's wrong?

[Andrey Andreev_2]

Drive this donkey out of Russia with piss rags, the Czech Republic is one of the inspirers and distributors of Russophobia, hatred for everything Russian and Russian-like is off the charts there!

[Andrey Andreev_2]

Quote from Canon

"The Czech Republic has decided to return its ambassador to Moscow," And we'll just wipe our faces and pretend that nothing's wrong?

Unfortunately...

[kit88]

former Deputy Minister of Defense

It's all clear, who he is, what he is and what he will do.
At least it doesn't disguise itself as a dandelion.