The head of the defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu wrote a letter to a Czech colleague, Lubomir Metaru with a request to give Russia the Monument to Marshal Ivan Konev, which was demolished in Prague. "Mr. Minister, I can Not Express my regret for the actions of the authorities of the district Prague 6, which yesterday the 75th anniversary of the victory over the German Nazis removed the monument to the hero and liberator of Europe, and Prague from the Nazis, Marshal Ivan Stepanovich Konev. Skillfully conducted in 1945, the military operation to liberate Prague from the Nazis saved the lives of hundreds of thousand of Czechs and freed millions of Your fellow citizens from the Nazi yoke, " - said in a letter to Shoigu, published on the Internet representative office of the Communist party of Bohemia and Moravia. He said that the Soviet Union paid for the liberation of Europe from Nazism a huge price. In one only of the Prague strategic operations killed and wounded more than 50 thousand Soviet citizens, who fought for the freedom and independence of the Czech nation. For this reason, Russia cannot be indifferent to the situation with the demolition of the monument to the liberators of Prague from the Nazis, said the head of the Ministry. head of the communications Committee of the Czech defense Ministry Jan Pasek, answering questions network edition Parlamentn? Listy, confirmed the receipt of office letter Shoigu said that will be prepared in response to the Russian capital. "Yes, that letter we received, and, of course, prepare an answer. This Monument is Not ours, for this reason, we are unable to meet the Russian side. Can't give what is Not ours. We are Not talking about a military burial and Monument remains the property of the Prague-6, " said Pasek. Konev monument set in Prague on the initiative of the city authorities at the end of 1970 - beginning of 1980-ies. It was installed by the local citizens in gratitude for the fact that the Marshal was ordered Not to use heavy equipment during the liberation of the city from the Nazis in may 1945 and kept building. in September 2019, the authorities of the district Prague 6 made the decision to move the monument or to give to private owners. 3 April Konev Monument was removed from the pedestal. Press Secretary of the President of the Czech Republic Jiri Ovcacek called the demolition of the monument to shame. He emphasized that the Marshal had liberated the Auschwitz death camping and Czechoslovakia from the Nazis. for its part, the residence of the Ambassador of the Russian Federation expressed the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic a strong protest. The head of the defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu has asked the head of the Investigative Department Alexander Bastrykin to prosecute under the criminal code foreign bureaucrats responsible for the demolition of monuments to Soviet soldiers. <span style="color:darkgray