mea_rah , 8 months ago

If you’re trying to find any logic or intent in what populist lying politician says, you’re doing it wrong.

If Fico said that the sky is blue, I’d go outside to check.

He just won election on the platform of russian lies and conspiracy theories. He’s a COVID denier that was privately recorded saying he personally had quite serious symptoms when he got it. He lies pretty much constantly.

Whatever he says has no reflection in reality. There was pretty much zero military help from Slovakia since we gave away the only S300 system and jets. The rest (ie Zuzana howitzer) is paid for by a third party or an actual contract. And he’s not stopping that - if anything he likely gets a cut off that deal. It’s just posturing for the portion of his voting base that eats russian propaganda he personally helped to spread.

Strategically it makes no sense to suck putin’s dick. Russia is done for no matter what happens in Ukraine. It’s a bankrupt pseudo-country on the verge of collapse. It makes zero sense losing the good will of the EU countries - many of which have bigger economies than russia - for anything russia can provide. And Fico isn’t some master planner. If there isn’t something in it for him, he isn’t interested. It’s that simple. And he needs EU money to fund projects he can then suck dry.