The Kremlin today condemned the assassination attempt on Slovakia’s centre-left nationalist populist Prime Minister Robert Fičo on Wednesday and wished him a speedy recovery.
“Of course, we condemn this attack in the strongest possible way,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the digital edition of the Izvestia newspaper, adding that Moscow considers the attack against him “unacceptable” and the case a “tragedy.”
Slovakia – Murderous attack: What is the condition of Prime Minister Robert Fico
Robert Fitzo returned to power last September. In his first months as prime minister, Slovakia’s 59-year-old prime minister, who leads a populist-far-right coalition, froze military aid to Ukraine while introducing a draft law – similar to those in Russia and Georgia – on NGOs, which introduces the labeling of “foreign-backed organisations” – if they receive more than €5,000 a year in foreign funding, and a bill to reform public broadcaster RTVS to strengthen government control over it.
Thousands of citizens were protesting the government’s plans, while the opposition yesterday, Wednesday, had organized a new protest march, which, however, was canceled after the assassination attempt against the Slovak prime minister.
The attack was condemned by the president of the United States, Joe Biden, speaking of a “horrific act of violence”, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, describing it as a “monstrous crime” and the European Union.
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