By Albin Sybera in Bratisava Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has accepted an invitation from Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to the commemorations in Moscow in May of the end of World War II.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said he will go to Moscow next year to attend celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of victory in World War II.

Why on earth does it bother you that I want to honour the memory of people who died in the madness of fascism?"

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has accepted an invitation to visit Moscow to participate in celebrations marking the end of World War II on May 9, Fico's office announced in Bratislava on Wednesday.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has accepted an invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend World War II commemorations in Moscow in May 2025. This move comes as Fico aims to improve relations with Russia while his government has criticized the European Union's response to the Ukraine conflict.

Slovakia's Ukraine-skeptic Prime Minister Robert Fico accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation to attend the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow next May, Fico announced on Nov. 27.

During a press briefing on Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi stated that European leaders should respectfully acknowledge Ukraine's role in the victory over Nazism in WWII. Tykhyi noted that the Kremlin's aggression against Ukraine has tarnished the memory of the allied struggle against Nazism and stripped Russia of its moral

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated that he "gladly" accepted an invitation from Russian leader Vladimir Putin to visit Moscow. He plans to travel there in May 2025, Aktuality reports. According to the publication,