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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by m4rtink on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:37PM (#43212633)
Fico in Slovakia is a hopefully crumbling anomaly- the previous governement (while a bit unstable) donated a lot of material, including a criticalzly needed S-300 battery and Mig-29 jets. And even with all the Ficos rambling, Slovakia is making good money selling artillery (both SPGs and ammo) to Ukraine.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by apelapan on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:05PM (#43212949)
Of course, everyone in Slovakia (or Hungary) are not firmly aligned with Russia. I hope the scales tip west-ward in the next elections.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by m4rtink on Friday February 28, 2025 @10:56PM (#43215699)
In the case of Hungary, Orbans behavior is double embarassing, given the bloody soviet invasion they suffered in 1956:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by watwut on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:12PM (#43213031)
The problem is, Fico and his alikes are popular in Slovakia. They are not anomaly, they truly represent what majority finds appealing.

Many if not most Slovakians want to be like Fico, earn money like him and be like him.

It can be beaten, but it is not an anomaly. Not even historically, slovakia was quick to collaborate with nazi and communists.

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