Tens of thousands protest across Slovakia against PM Robert Fico's stance on Russia

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The latest wave of rallies was fuelled by Fico’s recent trip to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, a rare visit to the Kremlin by an EU leader since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

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00:00Thousands of people have protested across Slovakia against the policies of Prime Minister

00:06Robert Fico, who they accuse of being pro-Russia.

00:10The latest wave of rallies was fuelled by Fico's recent trip to Moscow to meet Vladimir

00:15Putin, a rare visit to the Kremlin by an EU leader since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

00:21Fico's recent remarks that Slovakia could leave the European Union and NATO have also

00:26sparked anger among protesters.

00:29Earlier this week, Fico accused protest organisers of being in contact with unspecified foreign

00:35forces who he says are working towards engineering a coup.

00:39Fico linked those accusations to a report by the country's spy service that he presented

00:44in Parliament on Tuesday.

00:46The opposition dismissed that report and accused Fico of misusing the SIS for political purposes.

00:53Protest organisers from the Peace for Ukraine group also slammed Fico's claims, saying he's

00:57trying to frighten the Slovak population.

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