1000’s took to the streets within the Slovak capital Bratislava on Friday, 3 December in protest at Prime Minister Robert Fico's overseas coverage actions.
Supply: Aktuality, as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: Round 4,000 individuals braved freezing climate to precise their dissatisfaction with Fico's pro-Russian coverage.
"Slovakia, beware, the occupation has begun" the protest organisers declared in considered one of their slogans. One banner learn: "Fico, go to Moscow, depart Slovakia in peace."
The organisers handed out placards to the protesters that had been designed by the artist Rudolf Sikora, with "Betrayal" written on one aspect and the slogan "We’re Europe" on the opposite.
Slovaks on the protest. Photograph: Aktuality
The protesters waved the flags of the European Union and Slovakia. The EU anthem was additionally performed, with the organisers emphasising that "that is our anthem".
Sikora burdened the necessity for civil society to hitch forces with the opposition. "I'm begging you, opposition politicians, pull yourselves collectively," he stated, including that it was essential to unite towards evil.
"We aren’t Russia’s doormat," audio system on the protest instructed Robert Fico's authorities, including that the prime minister needs handy Slovakia over to Russia. "We’re not Russia," the organisers and the group chanted.
Background:
- For 2 weeks after Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s go to to Moscow on 22 December, there was no official details about his whereabouts. It later emerged that he was staying in a luxurious lodge in Vietnam.
- Fico’s newest video, during which he criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was filmed in a room on the luxurious Capella Hanoi lodge within the Vietnamese capital Hanoi.
- Fico had sharply criticised Ukraine for stopping the transit of Russian fuel and written a letter to EU leaders expressing dissatisfaction with Ukraine’s actions and threatening to chop off electrical energy provides.
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