Czech politician Yaroslav Doubrava, known for his pro-Russian views, may lose his mandate due to a trip to Russian-occupied Crimea, iDNES reports.. A complaint about Doubrava's voyage was filed by Vice Speaker of the Senate Jiri Ruzicka.

Ruzicka called the trip of the Czech senator to Crimea at the height of the Russian-Ukrainian war immoral, and his meeting with the head of the occupation administration, Sergei Aksyonov, was unacceptable.

“Doubrava is a member of the Czech Senate, who has repeatedly condemned the war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine,” recalled the Vice Speaker.

Davam podnet Mandatovemu a imunitnimu vyboru Senatu k prosetreni. Ze senator Doubrava odjel v dobe valky na dovolenou na Krym je zvrhle, ale ze jedna s sefem ruske okupacni spravy je nepripustne. Je clenem Senatu, ktery opakovane odsuzuje valku, kterou na Ukrajine vede Rusko.

— Jiri Ruzicka (@ruzickavsenatu) August 6, 2022.

However, the pro-Russian politician is also the deputy head of the Authority Committee, to which Ruzicka filed a complaint..

Visits by Western politicians to the occupied peninsula are very important for Russian propaganda, which is trying to show that Russia is not really isolated, explained the head of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Pavel Fischer..

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Former Czech Communist Party member Jaroslav Doubrava is known for his pro-Russian stance. The politician called for “friendship and cooperation” with Crimea and visited the occupied peninsula, traveled as an “observer” to pseudo-elections in ORLO, after which he was declared persona non grata in Ukraine.

Doubrava accused Ukraine of alleged war crimes and supported Russian aggression.

Even a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine could not change his point of view. The politician even wrote a post on Facebook in which he justified the attack..

In April, he became the only senator to vote against a resolution calling on Russia to be held accountable for the war against Ukraine, including paying reparations and bringing war criminals to justice.. In June, Doubrava did not support a resolution calling for granting Ukraine the status of an EU candidate.