Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico met Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Sunday, marking one of the few meetings the Russian president has had with an EU leader since he ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost three years ago.
The visit, not announced in advance but confirmed on Sunday by the Kremlin when it shared a video of Fico shaking Putin’s hand, comes amid a standoff between Slovakia and Ukraine over energy security.
The visit follows a tense meeting between Fico and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Brussels on Thursday to discuss Kyiv’s plans to stop the transit of Russian gas through its territory from the start of 2025.
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