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Slovakia's Robert Fico vowed he would not allow Ukraine to become a member of NATO as long as he was prime minister, in another blow to Kyiv's aspirations to join the alliance amid Russia's ongoing invasion.

"I will direct the lawmakers under my control as chairman of the (ruling Smer) party never to agree to Ukraine joining NATO," he told broadcaster STVR in an interview on Sunday.

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[-] illi@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Very recently he said "freedom came from the East". A famous quote of his goes that he didn't even notice the Velvet Revolution (fall of communism in Czechoslovakia). Not so long ago he went to put flowers on the grave of a head communist party member.

He sure remembers history - but sees it a little differently than you or I

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