Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will be attending the 2025 parade in Moscow, which will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in the Great Patriotic War, known in the West as World War II.
“I would be very pleased. <...> It would be an honor to come to Moscow for the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and, above all, the victory over Nazism. I feel it is my personal duty,” he stated in an interview on Rossiya-1’s “60 Minutes” show. Host Olga Skabeyeva shared an excerpt of the interview on her Telegram channel.
Fico also pointed out that there is a statue in Slovakia in honor of the commander of the Red Army’s Carpathian-Dukla offensive, Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev. That offensive sought to support the Slovak rebellion against the Nazis. While the rebellion failed, the Red army succeeded in liberating Slovakia.
Fico also commented on the claim that the Ukrainians were responsible for the sabotage of Nord Stream, calling it “nonsense.”
“We read reports suggesting that some intoxicated Ukrainian officers claimed they were going to blow them up (the pipelines—TASS). I’m exaggerating a bit, but just imagine: they use a small boat to reach the pipeline, dive down several hundred meters with sparklers and pyrotechnics, and manage to blow the whole thing up. This is nonsense,” he said.
