Ambassador of the Czech Republic Vitezslav Pivonka leaves after visiting the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Russia April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
MOSCOW/PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech Republic on Thursday ordered Russia to remove most of its remaining diplomatic staff from Prague in an escalation of the worst dispute between the two countries in decades.
The spy row flared on Saturday when Prague expelled 18 Russian staff, whom it identified as intelligence officers.
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