Senators reject Zeman's steps concerning Novichok, Nikulin

The Senate security committee condemned on Tuesday President Milos Zeman for having asked the BIS counter-intelligence unit to find out whether the Novichok nerve agent was developed or stored in the Czech Republic and for his interference in alleged Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin's case. The committee said these activities were security and foreign political risks. It called on Zeman to refrain from similar steps and respect his powers defined by the constitution.