Russian Defence Ministry to buy Czech-made transport planes

The Russian Defence Ministry will buy three Czech-made planes L-410 for some 275 million crowns, or more than 14.2 million US dollars, the news agency ČTK reported on Thursday. The ministry will buy luxury versions of the short-range transport planes; according to Russia’s public procurement registry, they will be used to transport top ministry officials. A Russian mining firm holds a majority stake in Let Kunovice which manufactures the planes; Under communism, hundreds of L-410 planes were sold to the Soviet Union.

Author: Jan Richter