Slovak MEP Lubos Blaha arrived in Moscow over the weekend. A member of Prime Minister Robert Fico’s Social Democratic SMER-SD get together printed a video of himself visiting the Crimson Sq. and laying flowers to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier close to the Kremlin wall and to the monument to the Soviet marshal Georgy Zhukov.
In keeping with the politician, he got here to the Russian capital to thank the nation for liberating Slovakia from fascism throughout the WWII in addition to to apologize for the rampant Russophobia within the EU and the US.
”I got here… as a pal of Russia as a result of I can now not have a look at the rising Russophobia within the West,” Blaha stated on a video he printed in Telegram. The Russian individuals have made “unimaginable sacrifices” to liberate Slovakia, the MEP added.
The politician notably stated he wished to apologize for these “belligerent, hateful and nearly fascist resolutions adopted by the EU Parliament in opposition to Russia.” In keeping with Blaha, Slovaks “would by no means be compelled to hate the Russian individuals.” He additionally stated that he rejects arms deliveries to Ukraine, anti-Russian sanctions and additional escalation of the continued battle between Moscow and Kiev.
“We don’t need our kids to die in a nuclear battle. Slovaks need peace!” Blaha stated, including that Russians are seen as a “pleasant individuals” in Slovakia and it “won’t ever be in any other case.” The MEP additionally known as for dialogue with Moscow and an finish to “hatred of Russia.”
Throughout his go to, the politician was additionally scheduled to ship a lecture on the Moscow State Institute of Worldwide Relations (MGIMO) attended by Slovak college students finding out there.
Blaha was elected to the EU Parliament this summer season. In keeping with the Slovak Customary information media outlet, he was the second hottest MEP candidate within the nation. Earlier than becoming a member of the EU Parliament, the politician was a member of the nationwide parliament since 2012 and served because the vice-chairman of the legislature since 2023.
The politician is understood for his sympathy for Russia and criticism of the EU and the US. Customary described him because the “most pro-Russian politician in Slovakia.” Blaha additionally attracted some controversy on-line over his fiery statements and outspoken rhetoric on social networks.
Earlier, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico introduced his plans to go to Moscow to have fun the eightieth anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. Fico stated he wouldn’t let anybody neglect that “freedom got here from the East,” apparently referring to the liberation of Slovakia from Nazi occupation by the Soviet Military in spring 1945. The official additionally criticized the West for turning a blind eye to the Ukrainian troops utilizing Nazi symbols.
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