Mistakes
on social media make Czech ambassador state: Czech Republic is not Chechnya
By Associated Press, Published: April 20
PRAGUE — A number of
comments by Americans on social media mistaking the Czech Republic for the
country of origin of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects— ethnic Chechen
brothers — prompted the Czech ambassador to the United States to act.
In a statement posted
on the embassy Web site, Petr Gandalovic said “the Czech Republic and Chechnya
are two very different entities — the Czech Republic is a Central European
country; Chechnya is a part of the Russian Federation.”
Gandalovic calls it
“a most unfortunate misunderstanding,” but some responses on Twitter are less
diplomatic.
Mirca Sekerova recommends Americans “open a geography book once in a
while...stop blaming our country for this.”
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