Fico with Putin in Moscow credited to the truth

9. May 2025 at 18:23

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Visit Prime Minister Fico in Moscow. Author: SME/Martin Mlynár

Moscow, BRATISLAVA. Almost twenty European Foreign Ministers on Friday laid flowers on the graves of fallen Ukrainian soldiers at the Lyčakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine.

At the same time, there are diplomats from the European Union, the UK and Britain Ukraine They agreed to create a special tribunal, which should prosecute from Hague leaders who have started or directly supporting armed aggression against another state.

« The impunity for crimes committed is unacceptable. The leaders who have decided to send soldiers to Ukraine must also be punished. If this does not happen, it will be repeated, » said European diplomacy chief Kaja Kallas.

The Russians celebrated the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe-more than 11,000 Russian soldiers, more than 11,000 kilometers of the end of World War II-in the presence of at least 1,500.

With Russian President Vladimir Putin They were also watched by leaders of several Allied countries – China, Venezuela, Cuba, Zimbabwe or Brazil.

With Putin and other leaders, the Slovak Prime Minister also treated his hand there Robert Fico of Direction – as the only leader of the Member State of the European Union.

Even if he cameras They did not catch directly at the military parade, at the solemn Putino reception he covered « the famous generation of the winners, the victory of truth and justice and the prosperity of our countries and nations ».

While Russian propaganda is now talking about his heroism, European politicians criticize him for standing on the wrong side of history.

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Twenty years ago, at the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, they watched a military parade on the Red Square along with Vladimir Putin US President George W. Bush, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Mask However, since then, the Ukrainian Crimea has been annexed, the conflict in the east of the country unleashed and finally launched a nationwide invasion in 2022.

The eighties of the Victory Day celebrations were so – especially in terms of European and democratic states – Moscow more lukewarm representation.

In addition to the leaders of the former Soviet Republics, President of China and Venezuela, only two European leaders – Fico and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučič – appeared in the Kremlin.

Two years ago, Putin in a speech during 9 May openly said that the West was trying to destroy Russia. Although this year his speech was more moderate, there was no mention of the invasion of Ukraine.