Military Intelligence service to confirm Russian radar influence

The Czech Military Intelligence Service is to confirm reports by its sister agency BIS (the Czech intelligence service) that Russian spies have been trying to influence the Czech debate over the placement of a US radar base on its territory. This was confirmed by Martin Barták, the deputy Defence Minster on Czech Television on Sunday. He stated that an upcoming annual report from the Czech Military Intelligence Service will indeed confirm the BIS allegations made public earlier in the week. Although the accusations were unspecific, the suggestion was made that Russian agents are trying to influence and even finance the anti-radar movement in the country. Public opinion remains largely opposed to the radar, while the leading anti-radar group “Ne Základnam” has flatly rejected that it has any Russian connections. The government is set to probe its intelligence services on the matter next week.

Author: Dominik Jůn