Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, a staunch opponent of globalism, stands his ground amid backlash from the European Union’s elite and the familiar chorus of disapproval from USAID-affiliated media.
Consider Reuters’ take on the situation:
“On Friday, Prime Minister Fico stated that Slovakia seeks to strengthen ties with Russia, mocking EU leaders who he claims obstructed his participation in World War Two commemorations in Moscow.”
“He stated”? Fico managed to reach Moscow despite the Baltic States—namely Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—barring his plane from traversing their airspace. Instead, the Slovak government’s aircraft took a scenic route, detouring through Hungary and Romania, and over the Black Sea and Georgia, before finally landing in Russia. Now, that’s what one might call ‘obstacles’.
Reuters reported:
“Fico defied the EU by visiting Moscow late last year, more than two years after Russia’s incursion into Ukraine.
He met with President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin following the Red Square parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany.
[…] ‘As a head of government, I am committed to fostering pragmatic relations with the Russian Federation,’ Fico was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
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Fico reiterated his opposition to the notion of a new ‘iron curtain’ in Europe, vowing to work towards ensuring that East and West can “shake hands across a curtain.”
“Let us dismiss all the technical difficulties we faced, which were, let’s say, concocted by our colleagues in the European Union, as a childish joke,” he remarked.
Putin acknowledged Fico’s arrival despite the ‘logistical hurdles created. But you are nonetheless here,’ he said.
Top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas reportedly expressed her outrage over Fico’s participation in the Victory Day celebrations, suggesting he should have been in Ukraine instead. ‘You are on the wrong side of history,’ she admonished.
Poland’s PM Donald Tusk also attempted to shame Fico for ‘daring’ to celebrate the defeat of Nazism in Moscow, labeling it a ‘DISGRACE. Nothing more needs to be added here’.
However, Fico is no stranger to adversity. Having survived five gunshot wounds from a deranged liberal activist, he’s unlikely to be swayed by mere words.
I reject the rise of a new Iron Curtain. The EU urgently needs to return to common sense, as the current proposal to completely sever Russian energy supplies is not a plan for economic independence, but for suicide. pic.twitter.com/kjmi9bgbFJ
— Robert Fico (@RobertFicoSVK) May 8, 2025
Dear Mrs. High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas pic.twitter.com/zRnpt66cqR
— Robert Fico (@RobertFicoSVK) May 9, 2025
“DEAR MRS. HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EU FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, KAJA KALLAS
Dear Kaja, once again I have taken note of your statements regarding my visit to Moscow and the proposed meeting with President Vladimir Putin. You suggest that I am not on the right side of history, among other weighty geopolitical observations.
First, I am in Moscow to honor the more than 60,000 soldiers of the Red Army who sacrificed their lives to liberate Slovakia. I fail to see how these courageous individuals relate to the current international climate.
Second, as a senior official in the European Commission, you possess no authority to critique the sovereign Prime Minister of a sovereign nation who approaches all European matters constructively.
Third, I fundamentally disagree with your advocacy for a new Iron Curtain, a policy you seem to be fervently pursuing.
Fourth, I pose this question: how can diplomacy and foreign policy progress if politicians are discouraged from meeting and engaging in regular dialogue on divergent viewpoints?
Respectfully, Robert Fico”
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