• mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Why would russia attack Slovak’s PM? Isn’t that guy kinda russian leaning already? According to Wikipedia, During the 2023 parliamentary election, Fico vowed to end military support for Slovakia’s neighbor Ukraine, which was being invaded by Russia.

    best I can come up with:

    “Look, you obviously don’t know anything about intelligence work, lady. It’s an X-K-Red-27 technique”

    • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      One possible explanation: He was not pro Russian enough, so the Kremlin martyred him giving the fire of his party extra fuel to grow and install an even more hardline putinist in his place.