Czech President Calls for Strict Oversight of Russians Living in Europe

The President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, has stated that Russians living in Western countries should be monitored "much more carefully than before." He referred to the oversight of Japanese residents in the United States during World War II as an example.

Pavel declared in an interview with Radio Free Europe that security measures against Russian citizens residing in Europe should be tightened. "They are citizens of a nation conducting an aggressive war. I can feel sympathy for these people, but at the same time, if we look back at World War II, the entire population of Japan living in the U.S. was also under strict oversight. This is simply the price of war," Pavel said.

When asked what he means by a "supervision regime," the Czech president explained: "I mean being under the control of intelligence services."