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Robert Fico
PoliticianLean Right
Prime Minister of Slovakia.
Notable Quotes
"If oil supplies to Slovakia do not resume by Monday, he will ask the relevant electricity company (SEPS) to stop emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine."View Story →
"Given the seriousness of the situation and the declared state of oil emergency in Slovakia, we are forced to take the first reciprocal measure immediately. It will be lifted immediately after the resumption of oil transit to Slovakia."View Story →
"Our intelligence services report that the oil pipeline in Ukraine is functional."View Story →
"Stopping oil deliveries was a purely political decision with the aim of blackmailing Slovakia."View Story →
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