Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico is now visiting Russia to satisfy with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin.

Supply: Pavel Zarubin, a Russian propagandist, writes TASS, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson, indicated that Fico's go to to Russia was scheduled some days earlier than. In response to TASS, Peskov said that "it may be assumed" that Putin and Fico will talk about Russian gasoline, however that the assembly should be concluded first.

Fico's go to is his first journey to Russia after returning to energy in 2023.

The Slovak prime minister grew to become the third European chief after Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to go to Moscow because the starting of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Background:

• As reported earlier, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić introduced that Fico could quickly journey to Moscow to have interaction in talks with Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin on gasoline provides after 2024.
• Vučič wrote that Fico will meet Putin on Monday, 23 December.
• Slovakia has repeatedly tried to realize an extension of the settlement between Ukraine and Russia on the transit of Russian gasoline, which is because of expire in 2024.
• In a dialog with Fico this week, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal confirmed that Kyiv opposes the continuation of the transit cope with Russian Gazprom, however added that Ukraine was prepared to move gasoline by its pure gasoline transmission system if it isn’t from Russia.
• On 19 December, Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukraine was not contemplating renewing the settlement with Gazprom on the transit of Russian gasoline to Europe, and made it clear that Kyiv wouldn’t comply with pump Russian gasoline beneath the guise of Azerbaijani gasoline.

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