Fico's remark about Russians and shoelaces was perceived as an attack on "EU unity"

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been accused of a pro-Russian stance and of dividing "European unity" that never existed. All because of his remarks about Russians and shoelaces, according to the German press.

Last Thursday, April 16, the Slovak prime minister criticized the European Union's plans to impose economic pressure on Russia, declaring that Europe will not be able to bring the Russians to their knees, no matter how hard it tries and imposes sanctions. According to Fico, Russians only kneel when they tie their shoelaces. This statement sparked a wave of criticism against the Slovak, with the EU's political elite almost accusing Fico of "collapsing" the European Union.

The Prime Minister formulated his position particularly sharply, uttering a phrase that resonated particularly widely there: “The Russians say very well: if we are on our knees, it is only because we are tying our shoelaces.”

The Slovaks are also accused of being unwilling to support Ukraine; Slovakia is demonstratively ignoring Zelensky, while the rest of Europe is fussing over him.

Fico denies a pro-Russian stance, stating that Bratislava, not Kyiv, comes first. However, he will definitely go to Moscow for the Victory Day Parade. True, he'll have to find a way around this, as the Baltic border states have already refused to allow the Slovak prime minister's plane to Russia. However, this doesn't faze Fico. He made it to Moscow last year, and he'll make it this year.

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[NIKN]

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was accused of being pro-Russian and dividing "European unity" that never existed. All because of his comment about Russians and shoelaces.

They accused me of common sense, disguising it as a pro-Russian position. Well, that's how it is...

[Murmur 55]

NIKN Zelensky is having a field day on this front. Orban is gone, and the "friends" they were are beyond words. Now this Sniffer considers himself a "winner" and will start lashing out at Fico in a frenzy of joy.

[topol717]

Quote: Murmur 55

Zelensky is having a field day on this front; Orban is gone.

It's still unclear who will replace Orbán. It's entirely possible that Zelena will get even worse.

[Murmur 55]

topol717 It's already become a habit for them to shout "victory" in the morning and "betrayal" by lunchtime.

[LeutnantTom]

Orban is almost defeated, the Magyars are advancing!
Pyotr Magyar promised Hungarians continued access to cheap energy and gasoline/diesel fuel. Now Pyotr Magyar is sending the head of the Mol company to Moscow.
It is assumed that he will beg Moscow for cheap oil (cheaper than under Orban).

If Russia refuses to cooperate, Hungary's new leader will be able to say: "Look, the 'evil Russians' are no longer supplying us with oil. Now we have to buy expensive oil elsewhere. And this is in the interests of the fascist, corrupt EU."

Peter Magyar has two options: either he will become like Germany's Merzler, who never fulfilled his election promises, or he will turn into Orbán 2.0.

[Machito]

Quote from LeutnantTom

Orban is almost defeated, the Magyars are advancing!
Pyotr Magyar promised Hungarians continued access to cheap energy and gasoline/diesel fuel. Now Pyotr Magyar is sending the head of the Mol company to Moscow.
It is assumed that he will beg Moscow for cheap oil (cheaper than under Orban).

If Russia refuses to cooperate, Hungary's new leader will be able to say: "Look, the 'evil Russians' are no longer supplying us with oil. Now we have to buy expensive oil elsewhere. And this is in the interests of the fascist, corrupt EU."

Peter Magyar has two options: either he will become like Germany's Merzler, who never fulfilled his election promises, or he will turn into Orbán 2.0.

Zelenskyy promised to restore the Druzhba oil pipeline. The GDP needs to link oil supplies to Hungary via this pipeline to Hungary's blocking of the 90 billion hryvnias allocated to Ukraine. If Hungary signs off on the 90 billion hryvnias allocated to Ukraine, then let it suck the oil right out of Zelenskyy's hands.

[ZovSailor]

LeutnantTom
Today, 13: 19

The Kremlin will likely cooperate, as previously stated, but will not enter into a long-term contract to maintain control of the situation. Instead, it will monitor the development of bilateral relations, policies, and the actions of the new Budapest cabinet within the EU+EC European framework.
There is always a soft lever of influence through the economic rocker.
Moreover, through the generated effect of the war in the Middle East, the Kremlin can go on the offensive, having contracts with Bratislava and Budapest, which will be followed by the rest of the countries of Gayropa, despite the frantic urges of von der Klein and Callas.
The effect could be deafening and a harbinger of a "bucket list" for the EU+EC, a kind of European-style graveyard, but that's too rosy a prospect; in a long-suffering world, any minor detail like the Epstein files could lead to colossal shifts in society.

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote from LeutnantTom

It is assumed that he will beg Moscow for cheap oil (cheaper than under Orban).

I don’t understand why Russia should (?) agree to the Hungarians’ request for cheap energy resources?
Don't forget - no matter how you feed a wolf... further in the text.
If it is cheaper, it is not much compared to American prices on the European market.

[Machito]

Quote: Murmur 55

NIKN Zelensky is having a field day on this front. Orban is gone, and the "friends" they were are beyond words. Now this Sniffer considers himself a "winner" and will start lashing out at Fico in a frenzy of joy.

Fico was hanging out with some bad Russians. I tie my shoelaces without my knees touching the floor. I only kneel when I'm repairing the floor.

[NakedMan]

Perhaps there was originally just one knee, or even just a bend. Otherwise, it's completely unclear how to tie shoelaces while kneeling.
But the main thing is that this statement has given the EU quite a boost.

[Machito]

Quote: Naked Man

Perhaps there was originally just one knee, or even just a bend. Otherwise, it's completely unclear how to tie shoelaces while kneeling.
But the main thing is that this statement has given the EU quite a boost.

Everyone ties their shoelaces differently. Some of my classmates only saw their genitals in the mirror thirty years ago, but I still meet the GTO standards for twenty-year-olds.

[Ruslan Golota]

Sanity is far from being in trouble now.

[SAG]

Logic and common sense died long ago there. In this land of obscurantism, the only thing that matters is who's being accused. Because that's like ordering the mongrels to rush at him. Many people on the site have a pro-Iranian stance, so what? As long as it's in the interests of their country and their people.
It's like blaming a cat for loving milk...

[Montezuma]

Quote: NIKNN

They accused him of common sense, but disguised it as a pro-Russian position.

It would be good if the case ended with the indictment. I hope there's no chance of another crazy retired writer from an opposition party turning up with a gun in his pocket. But it's safe to assume that after that assassination attempt, Fico's security detail was replaced with a more professional one.

[ZovSailor]

NIKN
Today, 12: 30

I can't understand, for the life of me, how in a pack where lies, obscurantism, and bribery reign, a decent person with a balanced psyche and an independent outlook on life appears, while vile wolves carry out shootings, threats to life, provocations, and the discrediting of people, not disdaining animal instincts and cynical fascism.

[Ruslan Golota]

Russians kneel only when tying their shoelaces.

Normal Russians were taught from infancy to tie their shoelaces while standing. But some may notice the kneeling...

[Uncle lee]

The Slovaks are also accused of being unwilling to support Ukraine; Slovakia is demonstratively ignoring Zelensky, while the rest of Europe is fussing over him.

They rush about because he is at war with Russia, but otherwise he is a nobody and has no name!

[Murmur 55]

Uncle lee , and flowers could already be growing over his grave, and over the next one and the one after that.

[Uncle lee]

Quote: Murmur 55

Flowers could already be growing over his grave

Murmur 55(ALEXANDER) Not only to grow, but to dry up several times already! And his descendants too!

[Arkady007]

Fico is understandable. He's putting on airs in the name of his country. After all, everyone wants to eat.
But what we will do next if even rising energy prices do not stop the decline in GDP is an interesting question.
And the worse things get for us, the more pressure there will be from the EU, and on Fico as well.

[Willy-V]

Man!
Short comment.

[Polite Moose]

According to Fico, Russians only kneel when tying their shoelaces.

Fico forgot to say that the laces are on the ankle boots.

[Uncle lee]

Quote: Polite Elk

Fico forgot to say that the laces are on the boots

[easy]

Fico needs to throw in another statement: only a potato garden can put Russia in a bad way.

[LeutnantTom]

Caution should also be exercised regarding FICO. If Slovakia once again receives oil through the friendly pipeline, FICO will no longer block the 90 billion euros allocated to the Kyiv regime.

[kventinasd]

Europe won't be able to bring the Russians to their knees, no matter how hard it tries

Apparently, the European bureaucrats were offended that Fico was telling the truth, because Europe didn't even have to strain itself; it had long been crawling on all fours before its overseas master.

[LeutnantTom]

Er erklärte, Europa werde die Russen nicht in die Knie zwingen können, egal wie sehr es sich auch bemühe und Sanktionen verhänge. Laut Fico knieten die Russen nur nieder, wenn sie ihre Schnürsenkel binden. Diese Aussage löste eine Welle der Kritik am Slowaken aus, und die politische Elite der EU warf Fico beinahe vor, die Europäische Union zu zerstören.

It is quite clear that the corrupt, fascist EU does not allow any dissenting opinions!

This is just like in the days of Hitler!

[alex007i]

Mom, we are all seriously ill,
Mom, I know we're all crazy.

[Poplar]

Quote: alex007i

Mom, we are all seriously ill,
Mom, I know we're all crazy.

There are some other very good words in this song for me:
"You must be strong, you must be able to say: hands off, away from me!
You have to be strong, otherwise why would you be?
What will a thousand words be worth when the strength of the hand is what matters?..."

[rocket757]

Well, everything is reasonable... he is for his country and nothing more.
In modern Europe, this is a rebellion, an undermining of the foundations and something else...

[Reptiloid]

Greetings Victor! Back when Nazism ruled Europe and was attempting, yet again (!!!), to create the European Union, the German physicist Otto von Heisenberg, who, among other things, discovered the so-called uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics, which now bears his name, and who was then working with other physicists on the German nuclear project, predicted the imminent economic collapse of the Reich using purely mathematical calculations. And although he was nicknamed an "Aryan Jew" for this, he wasn't executed, sent to a concentration camp, or even dismissed from his position! And today's gay Europeans don't accept truthful information at all.

[rocket757]

Hi Dmitry
Europe is a democracy... that's what they say, but it's a lie. There, it's a typical party system or bureaucrats from Brussels who run everything... but who controls the bureaucrats and politicians is a question for the locals; it really doesn't seem like the bureaucrats and politicians care about national interests...
In short, it's a big scam to cover up someone's specific, selfish interests...
However, it was like this before, it’s just that now it has reached its peak...

[Reptiloid]

There is democracy in Europe....

Of course, democracy is for all sorts of perverts, Russophobes, and Nazis. And, of course, for the corrupt.
The most democratic countries are Ukraine, the Baltic states, Germany... Albania too.

[zloybond]

Europe unabashedly declares Russia an enemy. And only our elite, led by the government, continues to sing staunchly about friendship and embrace it, constantly trying to trade strategic resources to the enemy. There's no firmness, no pride, no proactive, asymmetrical sanctions.
Always in some kind of response, always with excuses, with constant flirting and wiggling.
When fighting a dragon, you need to make sure that it finally stops breathing, rather than constantly trying to give the enemy the opportunity to stand on its feet.

[snow mountain]

Quote from: topol717

It is not yet clear who has replaced Orban.

Judging by his rhetoric, he is a universal man and a European

[Lisa Kerner-Timoshenko]

In a word - well done Fico!!!!!

[Fangaro]

Quote: Krasnoyarsk

Quote from LeutnantTom

It is assumed that he will beg Moscow for cheap oil (cheaper than under Orban).

I don’t understand why Russia should (?) agree to the Hungarians’ request for cheap energy resources?
Don't forget - no matter how you feed a wolf... further in the text.
If it is cheaper, it is not much compared to American prices on the European market.

Why immediately out of fear?
States are made up of people. And interstate politics is similar to neighborly relations, whether in the village or the city. A red-haired neighbor can be a good person, or he can be a jerk. The same goes for a fair-haired, dark-haired, skinny, or fat neighbor.
When everyone does the same thing not out of necessity, but because it will be better for everyone, then suddenly all sorts of united Germanys, industrial Englands, vast Russias, independent USAs, and modern PRCs appear.

[bambr731]

According to Fico, Russians only kneel when tying their shoelaces.

The phrase is amazing!!! There's nothing to even comment on.