CZECH REPUBLIC: Harsh Memories Of Russia Haunt Some Czechs.

NYTIMES/     Many Czechs, especially from an older generation, have bad memories about Russians, centered around 1968, when nearly one million troops invaded Czechoslovakia and brought decades of repression.  “I still remember crying when the Russians came here. And now here we are more than 40 years later and this place has become a Little Moscow,” remarked a businesswoman in Karlovy Vary, a popular spa town near Prague. Some Czechs feel now that Russia’s economic influence is a bigger worry than its military.