Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in the Kremlin on Sunday with Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, in a rare visit to Moscow by an EU leader since Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico arrived in Russia on a “working visit” and met with Putin one-on-one on Sunday evening.

Fico ended military aid to Ukraine when he became prime minister again in October 2023, and like Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban has called for peace talks.

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico is now visiting Russia to meet with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. Source: Pavel Zarubin, a Russian propagandist, writes TASS, as reported by European Pravda Details: Dmitry Peskov,

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico met Russian President Vladimir Putin in a previously unannounced visit to the Kremlin on Sunday for talks, Russian state media reported. It was the first visit by an official representative from Slovakia to Russia since Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will travel to Moscow on Monday. He will meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid Ukraine's plans not to continue transiting Russian gas to the EU, states Slovak President Aleksandar Vučić.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will travel to Moscow next week to hold talks on gas supplies with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Dec. 20. "Robert Fico will meet with Putin on Monday as the leader of a European Union country,