Thousands of Slovaks stage protests against the Russia-friendly government
Thousands of Slovaks continue to protest across the country against the pro-Russian policies of Prime Minister Robert Fico's government.
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Thousands of Slovaks continue to protest across the country against the pro-Russian policies of Prime Minister Robert Fico's government.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/08/thousands-of-slovaks-protest-against-populist-pm-robert-fico-and-his-pro-russian-policies
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00:00Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Slovakia to demonstrate against populist
00:06Prime Minister Robert Fico and his pro-Russian policies.
00:10Protests have been taking place regularly since late December after the Slovak Premier
00:14visited Moscow to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
00:18The trip was a rare visit by a European Union leader to the Kremlin since it launched its
00:23full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
00:27Others accuse him of abandoning Europe, favoring to align with Russia instead.
00:31Fico has on multiple occasions threatened to pull Slovakia out of the EU and NATO.
00:37His closest aides have also recently enraged the public after expressing pro-Russian sentiments.
00:42His chief advisor has recently stated that Slovakia will finally have a reliable neighbor
00:47if Russia were to conquer Ukraine.
00:49Fico, whose leftist smear party won a parliamentary election in 2023, has employed a highly anti-Ukraine
00:56stance.
00:57Since he assumed office, he's ended Slovakia's military and financial support for Kiev, criticized
01:03EU sanctions on Russia, and vowed to block Ukraine from joining NATO.