The GRU has left a trail of violence across Europe. Revelations that it was behind the 2014 explosions in Vrbětice worsen relations not only between Prague and Moscow, but also pro and anti-Kremlin camps within the Czech Republic. The weak Babiš government may fall even before the parliamentary election in October.
Vladimír Handl
is a researcher at the Institute for International Relations (Prague), Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University Prague, and at the Peace Research Center Prague/Charles University Center of Excellence.