Protests erupt once more in Slovakia over Fico's pro-Moscow stance

By Lucy Davalou & Euronews with EBU

A wide objection against Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico took spot successful the superior Bratislava connected Friday, echoing past week's protests. The rallies were driven by his pro-Moscow stance and his caller gathering with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It besides came aft Fico's threats of past week to chopped fiscal assistance for implicit 130,000 Ukrainian refugees surviving successful Slovakia, successful retaliation for Ukraine’s determination to halt the transportation of Russian state to Slovakia done its territory.

As thousands of radical gathered, they waved EU and Slovak flags and held up assorted signs, immoderate speechmaking "Fico spell to Moscow!" and "We privation to unrecorded successful a escaped country!".

Local media has reported that protesters person been chanting "Fico to resign", "Enough of Fico" and "Shame connected the government".

Fico’s gathering with Putin connected 22 December successful Moscow, wherever they discussed state supplies and different matters, besides touched connected Slovakia’s connection to service arsenic a neutral venue for bid talks connected Ukraine.

Fico became the 3rd EU person to sojourn Putin successful the Kremlin since Russia’s full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful February 2022, pursuing Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.