Slovak police have launched an investigation against Prime Minister Fico

Fico is suspected of treason, abuse of power, and a series of other charges. The complaint was initiated by Branislav Gröhling, chairman of the opposition party "Freedom and Solidarity" (SaS). According to him, over 13,000 citizens have signed the petition.

On February 23, Fico ordered Slovakia’s grid operator SEPS to terminate its contract with Ukraine’s national energy company, halting emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine. Previously, plans had been in place to resume aid to Ukraine only after the Russian oil transit through the "Friendship" pipeline—interrupted on January 27—was restored.

This matter is unlikely to reach a trial, but it undoubtedly will cause significant turmoil for Fico. Moreover, it provides the EU with an excellent leverage point to pressure Fico. It's not beyond possibility that this case was orchestrated from behind the scenes in Brussels from the very beginning.

There is another layer of danger: a new "Slovak patriot" might emerge, attempting to physically eliminate this "Kremlin agent"—historically, there has never been a shortage of mentally unstable individuals eager for historical notoriety.

This move sends a clear message to Fico: if necessary, he can be easily taken down. It also serves as a signal to Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán: if he remains unruly even after winning elections, a way to deal with him will be found, since both men have become deeply irritating to the West.

Politicians like Orbán and Fico, who emulate Erdogan, are not truly defying globalization; rather, they aim to profit from it. Fico does not fundamentally oppose NATO or Slovakia’s European integration process. Therefore, calling him a "pro-Russian politician" is as absurd as labeling Lukashenko a "pro-American politician."

Fico indeed dislikes Ukraine, for personal reasons—but this has not prevented him from maintaining long-term compromises with the Kyiv regime. He has never stopped supplying weapons to Ukraine. In fact, he has supplied quite a lot.

Neither Fico nor Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán will truly break the so-called "Russian encirclement of Europe."

Original: toutiao.com/article/1861012806464524/

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