Russia interferes in the race for the IMF

Prague correspondent Ulrich Schmid comments on the most recent tensions between Russia and the Czech Republic. "Warsaw ... won't let Russia get away with anything, and it seems that Moscow has finally understood this. Now the Kremlin is trying its luck with the Czechs... But not only are the Kremlin power players dividing [the EU], they're also causing confusion - or at least they're trying to [with their nomination of Josef Tosovsky as IMF boss]. However, if the Russians had thought this would win them points with the Czechs and give them another lever in their battle against the American missile defence system, they were sorely disappointed. The Czech government lost no time in announcing that it supports Brussels' candidate, Dominique Strauss-Kahn."

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