Czech Republic expels Russians who were exposed filming for propaganda project Rybar, gives them three days to leave the country
Czech police have detained and questioned Russians Vitaliy Chashchukhin and Igor Dolmatov, whom local journalists from the publication Seznam Zprávy had lured to a meeting in Prague that they secretly recorded. Chashchukhin and Dolmatov, who were working on behalf of the sanctioned Russian propaganda project Rybar, have now both been ordered to leave the Czech Republic within three days as…
Czech authorities have expelled two Russians, Vitaliy Chashchukhin and Igor Dolmatov, who were filmed filming for the Russian propaganda project Rybar in Prague. Both men, who worked for the sanctioned project, were given three days to leave the country after being detained and questioned by Czech police. The expulsion orders followed the discovery that the Russians confessed to working for the Russian outlet Izvestia during police questioning.
Chashchukhin, who has lived in Germany for about a decade, will return there, having obeyed the expulsion order. The Czech security agencies are currently reviewing Chashchukhin's activities and have informed their German counterparts. Meanwhile, German authorities are investigating whether working for a sanctioned Russian media outlet constitutes a crime.
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