Czech President’s Main Donor on Balkan Arms Shopping Spree
Jaroslav Strnad is the main campaign backer of Czech President Miloš Zeman, who is up for reelection this week. Why did he go on an arms buying spree in the Balkans?
Jaroslav Strnad is the main campaign backer of Czech President Miloš Zeman, who is up for reelection this week. Why did he go on an arms buying spree in the Balkans?
Millions of rounds of old Chinese munitions, hoarded since the Cold War, were rotting away in Albanian warehouses. Now they've been snapped up by Czech arms magnates. The story of some very modern arms deals in the heart of Europe.
Czech arms tycoon Jaroslav Strnad did not limit his Balkan shopping spree to stockpiled munitions. The businessman also bought at least two bankrupt, formerly state-owned factories in the former Yugoslavia, both linked to the arms industry.