President Zeman arrives in Russia at start of five-day visit

The Czech president, Miloš Zeman, has arrived in the Russian resort of Sochi at the start of a five-day visit to the country. The official part of his state visit begins on Tuesday with a meeting with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. As well as Sochi, the Czech president is due to visit Moscow and Yekaterinburg.

Mr. Zeman is being accompanied by around 130 representatives of Czech companies and contracts worth over CZK 20 billion are due to be signed between them and Russian firms.

Author: Ian Willoughby