The 71-year-old man who fired five shots at Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, is linked with a pro-Russian extremist group a Hungarian investigative journalist reported.
  • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
    761·
    6 months ago

    Which is supper weird because Fico is strongly pro-Russian.

    • Hubi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      442·
      6 months ago

      I wouldn’t put it past the Russians to do something like this just to have a fictional boogeyman to whine about.

    • takeda@lemmy.worldEnglish
      291·
      6 months ago

      When you talk to Slovakians they say that his death would be one of the best things to happen to the pro putin movement, as this would make him a martyr.

      I personally wonder how it will be as it looks like he survived and these news paint an interesting picture.

      • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
        8·
        6 months ago

        I think he will very much paint himself a martyr if he survives too.

      • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        6 months ago

        Most Some of hid lackeys are blaming oposition and media for this since the news broke. No idea if he had a change of heart, but I doubt it. I can only see hin doubling down.

        If he switched sides, his political career is over - there would be nobody left to vote for him. Pro-Russian naratives got him back to being PM

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    458·
    6 months ago

    I called it! I totally called it!

    https://lemmy.world/comment/10072148

    I said it would be Russians and a bunch of people told me “no, he’s pro-Russian.”

    Doesn’t fucking matter. It’s about creating chaos. Putin doesn’t care if you’re loyal unless your loyalty is useful.

  • tortillaPeanuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
    363·
    6 months ago

    So this is all based on an X post that references two social media posts from 8 years ago… I think I’ll wait for more information, the guy is still alive and can tell investigators why he did this. It also just doesn’t make much sense.

    • sbvEnglish
      31·
      6 months ago

      no no no this is the internet that’s not how we do things here

    • Cosmonauticus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      6 months ago

      To be fair I heard on npr yesterday he was a poet from the leftist opposition. New details emerge with time. Can’t be 100% correct on a story developing across the ocean

      • BlushedPotatoPlayers@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        One local news site wrote that it might be a mistranslation, and a poet from Leva got to be leftist poet. Can’t confirm personally, my Slovak vocabulary is 20 words at maximum

      • boredtortoise@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        That’s true overall.

        Although the example is from a notorious agenda pusher, so the chaos is a classic advantage to spread whatever

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    6 months ago

    Why would russia attack Slovak’s PM? Isn’t that guy kinda russian leaning already? According to Wikipedia, During the 2023 parliamentary election, Fico vowed to end military support for Slovakia’s neighbor Ukraine, which was being invaded by Russia.

    best I can come up with:

    “Look, you obviously don’t know anything about intelligence work, lady. It’s an X-K-Red-27 technique”

    • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      One possible explanation: He was not pro Russian enough, so the Kremlin martyred him giving the fire of his party extra fuel to grow and install an even more hardline putinist in his place.

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        Certainly plausible! I also wonder if Putin’s actual control over the situation is starting to get fuzzy.

    • Olhonestjim@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      In Russia, they don’t decide anything. Putin decides for them, and Putin doesn’t care about his pawns.