Prime Minister Robert Fico will visit Russia on Saturday, May 9, to mark the celebrations of Victory Day over fascism. In Moscow, he will lay flowers at the tomb of the unknown soldier of the Red Army and meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This planned trip has caused considerable controversy in Slovak politics. Aktuality.sk - Domáce ↗ SITA ↗
The opposition party Freedom and Solidarity, together with MP Veronika Remišová, criticize Fico's decision. SaS considers the meeting with Putin a slap in the face to Slovakia's allies and claims that Fico is not actually celebrating the end of World War II, but rather Russia's imperial policy, which is currently killing Ukrainians. The party is preparing a resolution of the National Council through which it would like to condemn the trip in parliament. Branislav Gröhling has expressed a similar view, describing Fico's trip as a betrayal of Slovakia. domov.sme.sk ↗ SITA ↗
On the other hand, the government defends the trip. Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok calls Fico's decision legitimate and emphasizes that the prime minister is going to honor the victims among the fallen soldiers of the Red Army. At the same time, Amnesty International Slovakia is calling on Fico to use his visit to recall not only the victims of World War II, but also to take a clear stance on the current victims of the war in Ukraine. domov.sme.sk ↗ teraz.sk ↗
Fico's visit to Moscow triggers a wave of opposition criticism, government defends it as a legitimate decision
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M. Šutaj Eštok: Cesta premiéra do Moskvy je jeho legitímne rozhodnutie
teraz.sk
| 12:06 08.05.
Pľuvanec do tváre našim spojencom. SaS kritizuje Ficovu cestu do Moskvy, pridáva sa aj Remišová
SITA
| 11:55 08.05.
Opozícia kritizuje Ficovu cestu do Moskvy, SaS pripravuje uznesenie Národnej rady
domov.sme.sk
| 10:12 08.05.
Stretnutie Fica s Putinom je podľa SaS pľuvancom do tváre našim spojencom, parlament by ho mal odsúdiť
pravda.sk
| 10:12 08.05.
SaS: Stretnutie Fica s Putinom je pľuvanec do tváre spojencom
teraz.sk
| 09:52 08.05.
Šutaj Eštok obhajuje premiérovu cestu do Moskvy, je to Ficovo legitímne rozhodnutie
domov.sme.sk
| 12:06 08.05.
„Toto je pľuvanec do tváre našim spojencom“: Fico zradil Slovensko, hovorí Gröhling o jeho ceste do Moskvy
interez.sk
| 10:18 08.05.
Branislav Gröhling: Robert Fico zradil Slovensko. Stretnutie s vojnovým zločincom v Moskve je pľuvanec do tváre našim spojencom
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| 09:57 08.05.
Fico by mal počas návštevy Ruska pripomenúť aj obete vojny na Ukrajine, Amnesty International žiada jasný postoj k Rusku
SITA
| 13:30 08.05.
Z Moskvy na Liptov. Ako bude vyzerať Ficova cesta za Putinom? V Rusku špekulujú, že príde autom
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