Slovakia’s Fico, populist ex-premier with penchant for Putin

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BRATISLAVA: Ex-premier Robert Fico, whose Smer-SD party was poised to win Slovakia's elections, is a former Communist Party member who may sway his co...

Leader of Direction - Social Democracy party Robert Fico arrives to the party headquarters in Bratislava following general elections in Slovakia, on September 30, 2023. AFPPIX: Ex-premier Robert Fico, whose Smer-SD party was poised to win Slovakia's elections, is a former Communist Party member who may sway his country's foreign policy in favour of the Kremlin.

“The war in Ukraine originated in 2014 when Ukrainian fascists were killing civilian victims of Russian nationality,“ the 59-year-old said in a recent video, repeating inaccurate and unproven Russian claims. “At the same time, his relationship to Russia is historically determined by the socialist motto ‘With the Soviet Union for Eternity’,“ he added.

The gamble paid off in 2006 when Smer-SD scored a parliamentary landslide, catapulting Fico into the prime minister's seat two years after Slovakia joined the European Union.

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