Russian nuclear group Rosatom has definitively ended operations in Czechia

Russia’s state-owned nuclear group Rosatom has definitively ended its operations in Czechia. This came a year and a quarter after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The company’s local branch has now been removed from the commercial register, and all its employees had left earlier. The communications agency that worked for Rosatom has also wound down its operations. It left behind debts. Deník N reported this today. Rosatom previously bid to build a new unit at the Dukovany nuclear power plant, but the government excluded it from the tender after Russia’s role in the explosion at the ammunition depots in Vrbětice was uncovered.

Until now, a branch of the Hungarian subsidiary had operated in Czechia, recently serving as the nuclear company’s Central European hub. Rosatom itself, however, had been inactive in Czechia for several months. According to Deník N, the company vacated its offices in Prague at the end of last year.