Karlovy Vary back in the headlines as Bishop Hilarion’s detainment in the Czech Republic sparks Czech police controversy and Moscow backlash. Population ~48k; spa city at Ohře/Teplá rivers.
Bishop Hilarion (Grigory Alfeyev) has been detained in Karlovy Vary after four containers of a white substance were found in his car. Czech authorities have not charged him, but forensic tests are underway. Russia claims a provocation, while Hilarion’s team says he is being framed.