In the Czech Republic, affairs against the three leaders of the former Czechoslovakia were instituted due to the murder of nine people on the border

The Czech police opened criminal cases against the ex-heads of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (Czechoslovakia). According to the representative of the prosecutor's office, Jan Lelek, who is quoted by TASS, criminal cases were initiated against the former Secretary General of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, 97-year-old Milos Yakesh, the 95-year-old ex-chairman of the Czechp, Lubomir Strugal and the 89-year-old former Czechoslovak Minister of the Interior Vaynar.

Criminal cases were instituted by the Office of Documentation and the Investigation of Crimes of Communism, which is part of the Czech police structure. The leaders of the former Czechoslovakia are accused of abuse of official powers. As Lelek explained, we are talking about the use of firearms by border guns on the Czechoslovak borders in the 70-80s of the last century, as a result of which citizens who illegally crossed the border died. According to the investigation, Yakesh, Strugal and Weinar did not take measures that would prevent the use of firearms on the boundaries of the Czechoslovakia. As a result, from 1976 to November 1989, while trying to cross the state border of Czechoslovakia, nine people were killed or torn by service dogs and at least seven citizens were injured.

It is also reported that criminal prosecution became possible thanks to the recently found archival materials. All three men remain free. In case of evidence, they face two to ten years in prison.

The press secretary of the president of the Czech Republic, Irji Shepherd, expressed on Twitter a surprise about the attraction of Yakesh, Strugal and Vainar to criminal liability. In his opinion, the police decision is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the “velvet revolution”, and this is not about the “triumph of justice, but about the political gesture”.

In May of this year, about 50 thousand people took part in a rally for independent justice on Vaclav Square. It rang out the requirements for the resignation from the post of Prime Minister of the political movement of ANO ("Promotion of dissatisfied citizens"), billionaire Andrei Babish , as well as his closest ally of Maria Beneshova, who holds the post of Minister of Justice.

The Prime Minister was accused of abuse of official position, corruption and cooperation with the special services of socialist Czechoslovakia in 1948-1989. Babish is also suspected of a conflict of interests, as he retained control over his business empire, which is formally ruled by two funds. The Justice Minister, according to the critics of Babish, covers his acts and "must protect him from criminal liability."