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1/9🧵 #Russia New entry in Team😇Democracy vs Team😈Dictatorship! Placing #Czechia The Czech Republic has provided important support to #Ukraine, but has recently elected a pro-Russian government. I have moved them from PARTNER to outskirts of the Ukraine SUPPORTER category. Here is my reasoning ⤵️

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 4h ago

2/ According to the @[email protected], Czechia is No. 21 in the world in total support for Ukraine.

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 4h ago

3/ Czechia was a key supporter during the first phase when Russia escalated its unprovoked and self-selected war in 2022. But the country's good reputation is now at risk. @balkaninsight.com.web.brid.gy

Czechia as a Leading Arms Supp...

Czechia as a Leading Arms Supplier to Ukraine: Really? And for How Much Longer?

Thanks to its praised ammunition initiative, Czechia has gained recognition abroad as a leading supporter of Ukraine. At home, the costs have been minimal while the economic gains sizeable, yet the opposition frames arms support as costly and misguided.

Balkan Insight

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 4h ago

4/ Czechia's new government under PM Babic is now actively changing the country's political course, away from support for Ukraine.

Four years after the Russian i...

Four years after the Russian invasion, has Czechia's stance on Ukraine shifted?

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine marks four years, Czech political rhetoric is changing as refugees continue to integrate across the country.

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 4h ago

5/ The current Czech government under PM Babic is pro-Russian, and has strong links to the discredited pro-Russian Orban regime. How will Babic behave now, when his close friend traitor Orban has been crushed in the Hungarian election yesterday?

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 4h ago

6/ That people with such pro-Russian - and thus anti-democratic - attitudes can win elections in the Czech Republic is incredibly disappointing. Are the Czechs uninformed? Russia (Soviet Union) invaded you in 1968, and yet you elect such a government? I expect you know who the enemy is.

Warsaw Pact invasion of Czecho...

Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia - Wikipedia

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 4h ago

7/ Despite an anti-democratic government, support for Ukraine is rising among the Czech population. @[email protected]

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Czechs’ support for arming Ukraine rising, says Dárek pro Putina (Gift for Putin)

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 4h ago

8/ Czech President Petr Pavel is also strongly anti-Russian. @[email protected] @[email protected]

Pavel condemns Russian arrogan...

Pavel condemns Russian arrogance at UN Security Council

Radio Prague International

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 4h ago

9/9 The Czech PM is the primary executive power, heading the government and managing daily politics, while the President serves as a ceremonial head of state with significant powers during government crises or formations.

Presidential powers - Prague C...

Presidential powers - Prague Castle

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