When severing ties with the Kremlin was still fashionable, Czech agricultural equipment manufacturer Bednar publicly announced its exit from Russia. "We do not plan further supplies of equipment to the Russian Federation. This decision was painful from an economic point of view, but democratic values are more important," the company's press release said. Not even a year has passed since Bednar products returned to the Russian market. Equipment is supplied not directly, but through intermediary companies. The owner of one of them has Russian citizenship. According to customs data, in the nine months of 2023, 151 units of Bednar equipment worth $11.7 million were brought to Russia in this way.