Volodymyr Zelensky on Robert Fico's business with Vladimir Putin. “A serious problem for Slovakia and the whole of Europe”

Robert Fico, who talked at the Kremlin on Sunday about gas supplies, announced that Vladimir Putin confirmed its readiness to continue supplying raw material to Western Europe.

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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky He assessed that Fico's position on importing Russian gas is dangerous. “His main goal is to do business with Russia, and he benefits from it. This is a really serious security problem – both for Slovakia and the whole of Europe,” he wrote on the X website.

“Why is this leader so dependent on Moscow? How is he paid and how does he repay him?” – Zelensky continued.

Moscow gives Fico big discounts on raw materials, but Slovakia pays for it, through “dark machinations”, with the loss of sovereignty, the president said, without giving details.

“Fico wants to help Russia push American gas and energy resources from other partners out of Europe,” Zelensky wrote. Reuters estimates that the president is implying that Fico helps Putin make money and weaken Europe. AFP writes that Zelensky suggests that Fico is paid by Moscow.

The Slovak Prime Minister announced on social media on Sunday that his meeting with Putin was a reaction to Zelensky's decision to say he was against any gas transit through Ukraine.

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Slovak media pointed out that it is not known how Fico ended up in Moscow, because – according to their sources – none of the special planes controlled by the authorities flew to Moscow. Russia. The opposition assessed that Fico's “pilgrimage” to the Kremlin is a disgrace for Slovakia and undermines the country's allied cooperation within the EU and NATO.