FILE PHOTO: The statue of Soviet World War Two commander Ivan Stepanovic Konev is loaded on a truck after removal from its platform in Prague, Czech Republic, April 3, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The mayor of one of the Czech capital's districts said on Tuesday he had been put under police protection due to a threat that a Russian man had been sent to kill him, escalating a row between Prague and Moscow.
Mayor Ondrej Kolar of Prague 6 irked Russia in recent months after his district removed a statue of Soviet World War Two commander Marshal Ivan Konev from a square.
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