Ukrainian Ambassador to Czech Republic demands that a map depicting Crimea as part of Russia be fixed
The Ukrainian Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Boris Zaychuk, demanded that the Czech publisher, Ottovo Nakladatelství, rectify a map of Ukraine in their “World Atlas of Football” edition in order for it to be in accordance with national law.
“In this atlas, Crimea is colored the same as Russia. In addition, the general map of the world in this edition does not show Crimea as a part of Ukraine. Therefore, the map violates international law and ignores the consolidated position of the EU countries who disapprove of the occupation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.” This statement was published on the 9th of February on the website of the Ukrainian Embassy in the Czech Republic.
In November of 2015, the Czech Republic issued the “World Atlas of Football” edition, which showed the annexed Crimea as being part of Russian territory. Ottovo Nakladatelství have apologized and stated that it was an unintentional error and that it had occurred due to the mistake of a cartographer.