In Prague, 70,000 people came to a pro -Russian rally against sanctions and supply of weapons to Ukraine

On Saturday, September 3, tens of thousands of Czechs came to anti -government protest in the center of Prague, opposed to the support of Ukraine and anti -Russian sanctions. The Czech Prime Minister Petr Fila Filage declared a "Russian footprint". According to Ceske Noviny, according to police estimates, the number of protesters was about 70 thousand people, the action was peaceful. The action took place under the slogan "Czech Republic in the first place".

Demonstrators kept Czech flags, as well as posters with slogans against the EU and NATO, Prime Minister Peter Fiali, increasing prices for energy and calls for neutrality and dialogue with Russia. The action and anti -vaccine slogans sounded during the action. The video was organized by several political parties and organizations, including the Czech Communist Party and the Eurosceptic Tricolor movement.

Protesters demand the resignation of the current Coalition Government of the Conservative Prime Minister Petro Fiali, who they criticize for pro-Western policy and allegedly more attention to the war of Ukraine than their own citizens. At the same time, the organizers want the government to allow their experts to negotiate with Russia to buy gas and oil.

"The purpose of our demonstration is to demand changes, mainly in solving the issue of energy prices, especially electricity and gas, which will destroy our economy this fall," said the co -organizer of the event Gurzh Gavel news website Idnes. cz. “The Czech Republic needs the Czech government. The Fiali government can be Ukrainian, perhaps, Brussels, but not Czech, ”said Tricolor Zuzan Mayerov Zagradnkova.

According to her, the government should reduce taxes, including VAT, and abolish anti -Russian sanctions that harm Czech businessmen. It also requires to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine. On September 28, the organizers of the action plan another demonstration.

Fiala Prime Minister, who heads the centeric five-party coalition, stated that a protest on Vaclav Square was organized by "pro-Russian forces close to extremist positions" whose interests are contrary to the interests of the Czech Republic. "It is clear that Russian propaganda and misinformation campaigns appear in our territory repeatedly, and someone is simply amenable to them," said Fial. He added that everyone has the right to express their opinions and demonstrates.

"The interpretation of the events that I could see still indicate sharply pro -Russian sentiment, and in my opinion, it does not meet the interests of the Czech Republic and our citizens," the Fial added. The protest in the center of Prague occurred a day after the government did not support the vote of distrust of Peter Fial's coalition against the background of opposition statements about inaction against inflation and energy prices.