The amount of Czech exports to Russia should break the record of
approximately 115 billion crowns, or six billion American dollars, this
year. Last
year, Czech companies exported around 94 billion crowns worth of goods to
Russian. According to the Industry and Trade Ministr Martin Kuba, Russia
is
among the top priorities for Czech international trade. The Czech
Republic,
on the other hand, imports a large amount of its gas and petrol from
Russia. A number
of Czech firms have won large tenders in Russian in the past few months.
Among them are a Brno company Unis, which will renovate an oil refinery in
Krasnoyarsk, while Czech companies under the leadership of OHL ŽS will
begin
the construction of a railroad in the Urals this year, with a total budet
of
58 billion crowns.