Czech Republic Revokes Soviet-Era Decrees on Russian Embassy Land.

The Czech government has cancelled Soviet-era decrees that granted the Russian embassy free use of land in Prague and other cities, and Russia will now have to pay leases to use the land. This move is a further step in a more than two-year diplomatic spat with Moscow worsened by the war in Ukraine. Prague has accused Russian intelligence agents of being behind explosions at an arms depot in the Czech Republic in 2014, leading it to drastically reduce staff at the Russian embassy.