TODAY: Russia unhappy over missile base in Czech Republic; British security forces ramp up work against Russian spies, are accused of undermining Russian government’s efforts to improve relations; Medvedev adds name to G8 statement on Zimbabwe; Albright criticizes McCain’s Russia stance. Russia has not taken kindly to the signing of an agreement between the US and Prague under which a US radar base will be set up in the Czech Republic, threatening to retaliate “not diplomatically, but with military-technical means”. The Pentagon said the comments were “designed to make Europeans nervous about participating” in the plans and criticized its “bellicose rhetoric”, but promising to continue dialogue. And in a move likely to further irritate Russia, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due to arrive in Tbilisi, just after Russia’s foreign ministry called Georgia a threat to stability in the South Caucasus.