Czech President Milos Zeman said that before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he saw no reason to oppose Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the war changed everything. This is reported by Ceske Noviny..

" Nobody wants him to admit his mistake in words and beat his chest, but in fact he could admit this mistake by withdrawing the army from Ukraine,"

Zeman predicted that if Russian troops remain in Ukraine, Putin will be overthrown either by soldiers or businessmen. The soldiers are losing, and they feel it because the political leadership of the country is weak and does not support them enough, he said..

After the Russian aggression against Ukraine, Zeman changed his position, for example, about the previously criticized sanctions.

He reiterated that his relationship with Putin was based on economic diplomacy, since Russia was a supplier of "

" It only crossed the red line after the attack on Ukraine, because this is already where even economic diplomacy must give in," Czech Republic, who must leave the post.

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