Slovakia Renews Military Attachés with Russia. Fico Promised This to Putin
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Slovakia resumes military contact with Russia. The opposition speaks of a dangerous step with high risks.
The last time the Russian military attaché worked in Slovakia, Sergey Salomasov bribed the media to broadcast Russian disinformation in the middle of the election campaign. Russian diplomats were expelled from the country four years ago, in compliance with European sanctions, but when Prime Minister Robert Fico visited the Kremlin, last May, he promised Putin to take them back and now fulfills his promise. Slovak Defense Minister Robert Kalinak …
Slovakia and Russia return military attachés after a four-year break. The Slovak Ministry of Defence has confirmed the departure of two officers to Moscow, reports the Polish Press Agency (PAP) in a material published on 9 October.
Slovakia has sent two military diplomats to Moscow and is preparing for the arrival of a new Russian military attaché. Prime Minister Robert Fico promised to renew this military-diplomatic cooperation to Russian leader Vladimir Putin during his visit to the Kremlin in May. The decision has been criticized by the opposition, which, among other things, recalls that the previous Russian attaché in Slovakia bribed an associate of the disinformation …
Moscow and Bratislava exchanged “diplomats in shackles” for the first time in recent years. The Slovak opposition warns that this opens the door to new espionage scandals and recruitment by the Kremlin.
Slovakia and Russia are restoring the exchange of military attachés for the first time since the outbreak of the full war, and the Slovak opposition has already criticized the decision of Robert Fitzo's government.
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