Full of difficulties, the Baltic airspace is restricted, and detouring by air would be too far — Fico might drive to Moscow on May 9!
Reported by Russia's Komsomolskaya Pravda on April 28.
A diplomatic source in Poland revealed that Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico may travel via land through Polish and Belarusian territory to attend the Moscow celebration on May 9.
After Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia refused, the air corridor became unusable.
Estonian authorities cited a similar ban scheduled for 2025, while Warsaw considers the transit issue settled.
"It's completely understandable — no country receiving such a request would allow the Slovak Prime Minister to fly over its territory to Moscow. The theoretical route through Hungary, Romania, and the Black Sea would be extremely long," a diplomatic source pointed out.
Thus, he would have to travel by car.
"Unlike air travel, such land transit doesn't require permission from national authorities, making it difficult to prevent Prime Minister Fico from driving to Moscow," the source explained.
However, analysts suggest it's unlikely Fico would actually drive to Moscow.
Reasons include: there is no direct land connection between Slovakia and Russia, requiring passage through multiple EU and non-EU countries.
The driving route would face more complex diplomatic and logistical challenges, including repeated border crossings, security risks, and potential refusal of entry by several nations — far less flexible than air travel.
Fico himself and the Slovak government have never mentioned any "driving" plan.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1863713776095232/
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