My first thought too. Putin is cleaning house internally. And this can just be a good move with fico not being loyal enough so you martyr him and get an even more usefull idiot in his place.
Zero…his electoral platform was basically “stop helping Ukraine”.
There’s no upside for an independent Russia resident of Slovakia provocateur to potentially kill their ally, and nothing would reinvigorate weakening Western support for Ukraine than the Russian state attempting to assassinate a European head of state.
“If (Fico’s party) Smer enters government, we will not send a single round of ammunition to Ukraine,” (Fico) recently told supporters. (Before the election, which Smer won)
What’s the over/under on the attempted assassin being Russian?
My first thought too. Putin is cleaning house internally. And this can just be a good move with fico not being loyal enough so you martyr him and get an even more usefull idiot in his place.
That is a possibility as a Russian would not care much for Slovakia and try to break unity in the west.
Zero…his electoral platform was basically “stop helping Ukraine”.
There’s no upside for an independent Russia resident of Slovakia provocateur to potentially kill their ally, and nothing would reinvigorate weakening Western support for Ukraine than the Russian state attempting to assassinate a European head of state.
Actually Fico ran on the pledge to stop Slovakian military aid to Ukraine.
“Populist” means far right Russian stooge these days.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66972984
So anyone can be behind that assassination attempt, even pro-Russians as a false flag. Poor fucker shouldn’t have taken the money
Most of Eastern European politics can be boiled down to “Pro-western elitists vs. pro-russian populists”