The Investigative Committee instructed to open a case over the desecration of a monument to a Soviet soldier in the Czech Republic.

The head of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to open a criminal case in connection with an act of vandalism against a monument to a Soviet soldier in the Czech Republic. This was announced on May 8 by the press service of the department.

Earlier, the media reported that vandals had smashed a monument to a Soviet soldier in the city of Teplice, knocking the figure of the warrior off its pedestal.

"The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia has instructed to open a criminal case into the desecration of a monument to a Soviet soldier in the Czech Republic," the statement said.

Currently, the head of the Investigative Committee has instructed to open a criminal case and, together with the Russian Foreign Ministry, establish all the circumstances of the incident.

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