“Slovakia should be interested in good and friendly relations with everyone... We must standardize relations (with Russia. -

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Or do you want to lower the iron curtain again?.. Who will this help and what good will come of it?”

- TASS quotes him.

Previously, Fico considered Russia’s withdrawal from Donbass and Crimea “absolutely unrealistic”. 

The Prime Minister of Slovakia also spoke out for the participation of Russians in the Olympics.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov expressed hope that the West will not bring the situation to the Iron Curtain.