Czech president says Russians in West should be monitored more -RFE/RL

Czech President Petr Pavel delivers a speech during the European Values Summit in Prague, Czech Republic June 14, 2023. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File Photo

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Russians living in Western countries should come under tighter scutiny from security services as Russia wages war in Ukraine, Czech President Petr Pavel told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).

"I believe that, as in the case of a number of world conflicts in the past, when there is an ongoing war, the security measures related to Russian nationals should be stricter than in normal times," he said in an interview aired on Thursday.