The Prime Minister of Slovakia: No one can prevent my trip to Moscow
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency quoted by Rachatodi, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, referring to his desire to visit Moscow on the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany , said that no one can stop him.
Fico said about the possible presence in this ceremony: when the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II comes, what Can anyone prevent me from traveling to Moscow and attending a peaceful ceremony? I think I will go to Moscow. Why don’t I go? Such a ceremony has nothing to do with the ongoing war in Ukraine.
With a clear reference to the liberation of Slovakia from Nazi occupation by the former Soviet army in the spring of 1945, he added: I will not allow anyone to forget that “freedom comes from the east.”
Fico also referred to the current situation in Ukraine and said he recently told Kiev officials that he “doesn’t understand why They are still going to war with Russia?!” After returning to power in 2023, Fico has refused to transfer arms from Slovakia to Ukraine. He also repeatedly called for a diplomatic solution to resolve the war and said in a press conference that he will do his best to restore relations with Moscow after the end of the war.
Fico earlier this month also criticized the West for condemning the crimes of the Third Reich during World War II and in At the same time, he criticized the omission of Nazi emblems on the uniforms of the Ukrainian army. Moscow has repeatedly tried to draw the attention of the international community to the growing influence of “Nazi” ideology among the Ukrainian people. Russia has also called one of the goals of military operations in Ukraine “de-Nazification” of this country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also recently criticized the West for “forgetting the lessons and experiences of World War Second, mocking history by justifying the actions of today’s supporters of the Nazis” was heavily criticized.
Fiko’s unsuccessful assassination was carried out on May 15 in the town of Gandlova in western Slovakia. He was shot several times and went under the knife of surgeons several times. The attacker is a 71-year-old person named “Yurai Cintola”, who has been arrested and accused of attempted murder with political motivation.
Fico was the prime minister of Slovakia from 2006 to 2010 and then from 2012 to 2018. In October 2023, he became the head of the country again. He is against the policies of the European Union towards Ukraine and does not support the provision of weapons to this country in the war with Russia.
