Posted on 04/04/2022 10:43:15 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
While feeling it necessary to rebuke Moscow’s invasion, pro-Russian politicians haven’t ceased equivocating about the dangers of NATO and of aligning with the US.
Fico — whose Direction-Slovak Social Democracy (SMER-SSD) party sits in second or third-place in the latest opinion polls — recently said that NATO troops on Slovakian soil would be akin to the “welcoming of the Wehrmacht,” a reference to the army of Nazi Germany.
“We voice solidarity with Ukrainian civilians in the face of attack,” says Marian Duris, leader of International Relations at the right-wing Republika party, led by the controversial Milan Uhrík, an MEP.
“The chaos did not arise in February 2022,” Duris says, claiming that an antecedent was the “externally-supported overthrow of the democratically-elected Ukrainian government,” a reference to the 2014 Maidan revolution.
In Russia’s narrative, parroted by many Slovakian political parties, the pro-Moscow Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown by what Moscow brands “neo-Nazis”.
For most Ukrainians, though, the Maidan revolution was against the Yanukovych’s government corruption and human rights violations, as well as his shock decision not to sign a political association agreement with the EU and instead move closer to Moscow.
“No European country can stay low in face of this military operation when the future of the European security architecture is at stake,” Duris says. “We refuse the deliveries of weapons to transit through Slovak territory as a matter of national security.”
Martin Beluský, vice-chairman of the far-right People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS), which has often be described as neo-Nazi, says his party doesn’t approve of the invasion.
“On the other hand, there can be no doubts: Russia was provoked for many years by military actions along their borders, sanctions, isolation and expansion of NATO towards Russia,” he said.
“Our party calls for the military neutralization of the Slovak Republic,”
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Ukraine ping
Gotta wonder whether it would be better to hand the former Axis collaborators Hungary and Slovakia to Russia while admitting Ukraine to NATO.
That’s crazy talk.
Ukraine is crazy and Hungary is head and shoulders a better run country.
Slovakia huh?
Russia supporting parties just won massive victories in Hungary and Serbia a few days ago.
Is Putin losing sleep over Slovakia? Nope.
You can’t call Fidesz as “Russia supporting”.
You can say Fidesz isn’t eager to get into war with Russia, but that’s not the same as supporting Russia.
The Serbs haven't forgotten Bill Clinton bombed Belgrade for 78 straight days and killed plenty of civilians, even as the Russians still supported them then.
I was commenting on Hungary and Fidesz, not Serbia.
When did Hungary become a Putin supporter?
AP:
Hungary's pro-Putin PM Orban claims victory in national vote
By JUSTIN SPIKE
April 3, 2022
“Vladimir Putin used to be popular in Slovakia. Then he invaded Ukraine”
Another headline could read:
“Vladimir Putin used to be popular in Hungary. Then he invaded Ukraine. Now he’s even MORE POPULAR in Hungary.”
Orban isn’t “pro-Putin” wrt Ukraine in any way.
I don’t read the AP — read dorzeczy.pl
Orban isn’t “Pro-Putin”
Pooty should be a case study on how to piss away mojo.
In one night lol.
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