In a press conference yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov responded to the loud accusations that Russia was involved in the 2014 explosion at the Vrbetice ammunition warehouse, by recommending that the European Union conduct an investigation of the incident, TASS reported him as saying. “The EU should probably examine all these confusing comments and statements which are not very emotionally sane, I’d say, and all the other issues relating to this story,” since it happened within the EU, Lavrov elaborated.
He was referring to the claim that Russia was complicit in the 2014 explosion, as well as to the response to remarks by Czech President Milos Zeman, who said there is no evidence at all indicating Russia’s involvement. Judging by the response to Zeman’s statements—there is even an attempt to charge him with treason—Lavrov commented that it appears that “these people” won’t consider anything if Russia isn’t portrayed as the culprit. Zeman’s statement was “absolutely reasonable,” he emphasized, but the attack on him means only that those who make such accusations have decided that “there are no other theories other than Russia’s to blame.”
