The Western powers proceed to faux to lecture different nations about what they’ll or can’t do in a show of hypocrisy that will be comical if it was not tragic.
Not everyone seems to be prepared to undergo their assessments, although, as Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico made very clear.
Fico reacted fiercely yesterday (1) after the U.Okay. ambassador to Slovakia discovered it his enterprise to criticize the Prime Minister’s interview with Russian state tv.
Fico blasted the ambassador, saying ‘Slovakia will not be Britain’s colony’.
Associated Press reported:
“’I don’t know what provides you a proper to intrude in my media actions’, Fico stated in a video despatched by his workplace. He’s presently on a go to to China.
‘That you just characterize a much bigger and stronger state in Slovakia doesn’t justify your unacceptable conduct’, Fico stated, calling on Ambassador Nigel Baker to cease interfering in his authorities’s sovereign overseas coverage.”
It’s not new for the outspoken PM to say his piece loud and clear. All of us keep in mind that when he formally returned to work after being shot a number of occasions, Fico marked the event with piercing sarcasm, writing on Fb: ‘Pricey and progressive media and opposition, sorry I survived, however I’m again.’
“In his interview for the Russian channel, Fico condemned Western assist for Ukraine that’s combating the Russian aggression, repeating his opinion it solely prolongs the warfare and accusing the European nations of not being occupied with a peaceable decision.
Baker stated on X on Wednesday he regretted that Fico agreed to speak to a presenter who’s below British and European Union sanctions and stated Fico’s declare that the West doesn’t need peace will not be true. He additionally stated that the quickest technique to peace can be the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.”
Fico is serving his fourth time period as prime minister since he was once more elected final yr.
As a result of he’s targeted on Slovakia’s wants and pursuits, and never Globalist mandates, it follows that his views on the warfare on Ukraine and lots of different points diverge from the European liberal mainstream.
As soon as he returned as PM, Fico ended his nation’s army assist for Ukraine and opposed EU sanctions on Russia.
Not solely that, however he means to dam Ukraine from becoming a member of NATO.
To the despair of opposition and different EU leaders, he stated in his interview with Russian TV that he’d be honored to attend the Pink Sq. celebration in Moscow of the eightieth anniversary of the tip of WWII, on Might 9 subsequent yr.
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