In what was once a surprising comeback for the debatable baby-kisser, Robert Fico received a 3rd time period as Slovakian top minister final October after working a marketing campaign that criticized Western improve for Ukraine.
Fico had pledged a right away finish to Slovak army improve for Ukraine and promised to dam Ukraine’s NATO ambitions in what would upend Slovakia’s staunch backing for Ukraine.
Forward of the election, Fico made no secret of his sympathies towards the Kremlin and blamed “Ukrainian Nazis and fascists” for frightening Vladimir Putin into launching the invasion, repeating the false narrative Russia’s president has used to justify his invasion.
Whilst in opposition, Fico was a detailed best friend of Hungary’s Top Minister Viktor Orban, particularly when it got here to complaint of the Eu Union.
Fico in the past served as Slovakia’s top minister for greater than a decade, first between 2006 and 2010 and alternatively from 2012 to 2018.
He was once pressured to renounce in March 2018 after weeks of mass protests over the homicide of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová. Kuciak reported on corruption a number of the nation’s elite, together with other people at once hooked up to Fico and his birthday celebration SMER.
