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
    47·
    5 months ago

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

    • Hubi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      231·
      5 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
      9·
      5 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
        1·
        5 months ago

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

      • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        Most 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

  • tortillaPeanuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    5 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.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    41·
    5 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.