In Prague, held a rally against the deployment of U.S. missile defense.

SyuzhetyAmerikanskaya PRO RF Frontier Rossii30.01.2009MID explained the situation with Iskander KaliningradeSotni people were in procession through the streets of Prague to protest the authorities' intention to establish a U.S. radar in the Czech Republic its missile defense system, passes AFP. The event was organized by the Czech Communist Party.
According to police, the procession was attended by about a thousand people, but organizers say that they were two and a half thousand. Demonstrators carried banners reading "No radar" and "Stop the new arms race." Also, American diplomats conveyed a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, which encouraged him to abandon a plan to install missile defense facilities on Czech soil.
In 2008, Prague and Washington signed an agreement to install anti-missile radar to the south-west of the capital of the Czech Republic. According to surveys, about two-thirds of citizens are against this decision.
Earlier deployment of American radar has already approved the Czech Senate. Now the agreement must be approved by the Chamber of Deputies and signed by the president.
Russia felt the intention of the United States to install missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic a threat to its security and decided to respond to place in the Kaliningrad region missiles Iskander. Washington argues that the system will monitor missile launches from Iran and the danger for Russia is not.