leadership were more supportive

expressed concern over the robust international dimensions of the trip, given Slovakia’s membership in the European Union and NATO. However, it is critical to note, that other key figures in the Slovak leadership were more supportive of the premier’s tete-a-tete with Putin. The third and most junior coalition partner, the Slovak National Party (Slovak: Slovenská národná strana/SNS), offered unconditional backing to Fico’s somewhat unconventional foreign adventure. Andrej Danko, the party’s chairman, vigorously defended the prime minister, voicing the opinionthat visiting Moscow was the correct policy given the critical importance of Russian natural gas and nuclear fuel to Slovakia. As for the country’s opposition parties, Fico’s pandering in Moscow for cheap energy drew immediate and widespread condemnation. In early January 2025, Michal Šimečka, the leader of Progressive Slovakia, blasted the prime minister for cowing to Putin on the gas issue instead of solving the country’s growing สล็อต เว็บตรง