A special Russian government plane took off from the third terminal of the Prague airport after 14. 30 on Saturday, taking out some of the diplomats and staff of the Russian embassy expelled from the Czech Republic to Russia.

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It is reported that 54 employees of the Russian embassy in Prague left.

Shortly before 13 o'clock, a bus and a minibus arrived at the airport, in which there were several dozen people. Both adults and several children were sitting inside.. Under media scrutiny, they removed the luggage from the bus, loaded it onto airport carts, and headed to the departure hall for inspection..

According to the decision of the Czech government, dozens of diplomats and employees should leave the Russian embassy by the end of May..

The second group of embassy staff with families, the number of which is not specified, will leave on Monday afternoon. This will complete the process of balancing the number of employees of the Russian Embassy in Prague and the Czech diplomatic mission in Moscow..

The Czech Republic accused the Russian Federation of organizing an explosion that occurred on October 16, 2014 at weapons depots in the eastern part of the country, as a result of which two local residents were killed. Only 6.

5 years later, the leadership of the Czech government officially accused Russia of organizing this sabotage..

In this regard, Prague expelled 18 Russian diplomats, and Russia, in response, declared 20 employees of the Czech Embassy in Moscow persona non grata..

The Czech Republic then decided to equalize the number of employees of the Russian embassy in Prague with the number of employees of the Czech embassy in Moscow, which means the expulsion of about 70 more employees of the Russian diplomatic mission.