{"id":661,"date":"2026-05-10T13:15:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottworswick.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/eus-black-sheep-rejects-iron-curtain-with-russia-video\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T13:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:15:33","slug":"eus-black-sheep-rejects-iron-curtain-with-russia-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottworswick.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/eus-black-sheep-rejects-iron-curtain-with-russia-video\/","title":{"rendered":"EU\u2019s \u2018black sheep\u2019 rejects \u2018Iron Curtain\u2019 with Russia (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has urged dialogue with Moscow after attending its Victory Day commemorations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has pushed back against what he described as a <em>&ldquo;new Iron Curtain&rdquo;<\/em> between the EU and Russia, calling for the restoration of pragmatic dialogue with Moscow instead of continuing <em>&ldquo;hatred.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fico, who has described himself as one of the EU&rsquo;s <em>&ldquo;black sheep&rdquo;<\/em> over his stance on Russia, was the only sitting EU leader to travel to Moscow for Victory Day celebrations on May 9 and to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, drawing harsh criticism from Brussels and several member states.<\/p>\n<p>In a video statement posted on Facebook on Saturday, Fico accused the EU of downplaying the Soviet Union&rsquo;s role in defeating Nazi Germany. Speaking aboard the Slovak government jet while returning from Moscow, he warned that Brussels&rsquo; Russia policy was damaging the bloc&rsquo;s competitiveness and energy security.<\/p>\n<p>He also shared footage of his visit.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/mf.b37mrtl.ru\/files\/2026.05\/6a0032ec2030271ce0665f8b.mp4\" frameborder=\"0\" ><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><em>&ldquo;I reject a new Iron Curtain between the European Union and Russia. We are interested in standard, friendly, and mutually beneficial relations with this world power,&rdquo;<\/em> Fico said.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that the EU was making a <em>&ldquo;huge mistake&rdquo;<\/em> by relying on sanctions and military support for Ukraine instead of direct political dialogue with Moscow.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span> <\/p>\n<figure> <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2026.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mf.b37mrtl.ru\/files\/2026.05\/thumbnail\/69fff9e62030271b944de77a.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/639818-merz-threat-fico-moscow\/\">Germany\u2019s Merz threatens Slovak PM over Victory Day trip to Moscow<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He said his talks in the Kremlin focused heavily on energy cooperation, accusing the EU of pursuing an <em>&ldquo;ideological&rdquo;<\/em> policy of cutting off Russian energy supplies at the expense of European competitiveness.<br \/><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&ldquo;We cannot, just out of hatred for Russia, replace one energy dependence with another &ndash; this time American,&rdquo;<\/em> he argued. According to energy data, the US supplied more than half of the bloc&rsquo;s liquefied natural gas imports in 2025.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/639777-slovakia-fico-cyberpunk-europe\/\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span>READ MORE: <\/span>Slovakia is the cyberpunk of Europe <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The European Commission has reportedly removed a proposal to fully phase out Russian oil imports from its near-term agenda amid concerns that the Iran war and continuing disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could further raise fuel prices and destabilize European energy supplies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>             Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has rejected a \u201cnew Iron Curtain\u201d between the EU and Russia after visiting Moscow on Victory Day Read Full Article at RT.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottworswick.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottworswick.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottworswick.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottworswick.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scottworswick.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottworswick.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottworswick.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottworswick.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}