The Russian Foreign Ministry says U.S. charges against alleged Russian spies are part of an "anti-Russian campaign" and will further undermine relations between Moscow and Washington.
The Czech weekly Respekt takes its presidential office to task for "smuggling into the [Prague] Castle at the last moment" Putin crony and Russian Railways head Vladimir Yakunin, who is a prominent target of U.S. sanctions stemming from Russian actions in Ukraine.
The article is titled "Holocaust Conference Directed By Russians."
Czech President Milos Zeman has been a defender of Moscow's actions in Ukraine and a critic of related Western sanctions targeting Russia.
The author, Ondrej Kundra, tweeted that the president's office revoked his accreditation for the conference after the article came out: "for security reasons."