What is behind Fico’s visit to bow to Putin – UNIAN

There are several reasons why Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has now gone to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin. The main thing is to discuss further cooperation in the energy sector. This was facilitated by statements made the day before by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky that Ukraine does not intend to continue the transit of Russian gas through its territory to Slovakia.

In this sense, Fico’s statement that the cessation of Russian gas transit from January 1 due to Ukraine’s position causes financial damage to Slovakia and poses a threat to the production of electricity at nuclear power plants is a statement of fact. The Slovak economy is very dependent on this. And this is truly a threat, given that Russia is Slovakia’s largest gas supplier. Moreover, here…