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Pro-Kremlin lawmaker from Fico's party visits Moscow, apologizes for EU policies

Lubos Blaha, a senior lawmaker from Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's pro-Russian Smer (Direction) party, visited Moscow on Oct. 12. Blaha posted a four-minute Telegram video, walking across the Red Square, praising Russia as "beautiful, wise, and advanced,” and calling for an end to hatred towards the country. He stated that he travelled to Russia […]

Ukraine

October 14, 2024

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Fico's threats to cut off electricity supplies won't work, Ukraine's Energy Minister says

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's threats to cut off electricity supplies to Kyiv won't work, Ukraine's Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said in a Dec. 31 interview with Politico. Halushchenko's statement follows Fico's declaration on Dec. 27 that his government would consider halting electricity supplies to Ukraine, after Kyiv announced it would not extend the deal […]

Ukraine

December 31, 2024

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'We are not Russia' — Thousands protest Fico's pro-Kremlin agenda in Bratislava

Thousands of people gathered in the streets of Bratislava on Jan. 3 to protest Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's pro-Russian policies, the Slovak news outlet Aktuality reported. The demonstrations began less than two weeks after Fico visited Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, and just days after Ukraine stopped the flow of Russian gas to […]

Ukraine

January 3, 2025

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Slovak state energy company to continue supplying electricity to Ukraine despite Fico's threats

Slovakia's state-controlled transmission system operator SEPS said it will continue supplying electricity to Ukraine as part of an emergency assistance contract, despite threats from Slovak Prime Minister Roberto Fico, the iRozhlas media outlet reported on Jan. 3. Fico said on Dec. 27 that his government would consider halting electricity supplies to Ukraine after a deal […]

Ukraine

January 4, 2025

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