Did Slovakia Just Elect a Pro-Russian President?

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On Saturday, former Prime Minister and Robert Fico ally Peter Pellegrini was elected as President of Slovakia. So what does this mean for the future of Slovakian politics? And how could this impact the ongoing war in Ukraine going forward?
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00:00 Introduction
01:13 Context
03:33 Fico’s Controversial Policies
04:30 Presidential Election Results
06:19 What Does This Mean?
07:06 Nord VPN

[@RooiGevaar19]

Fico's name is pronounced like "fitso", not "fiko". In general Latin Slavic, "c" is read as "ts" in almost all cases (except for loanwords).

[@Susnov]

Actually, it may have been on purpose. Do you remember the "Fiko je cocot"? It is pronounced just as they did in the video. For those english speaking, it is just word play to mask the "Fico je kokot" which means "Fico is a dick"

[@RooiGevaar19]

Yeah, but then they would lose my respect as a news channel. 😜 And I know non-Slavic people don't even know about our "c". Another notable examples: Robert Kubica - "kubika", Mate Rimac - "rimak" (and sometimes I heard "mate" read British way, and I felt something was boiling inside me).​@@Susnov

[@selcovoilucian8253]

Can we call him fuctard instead?

[@jondasek]

@@RooiGevaar19 I mean, it's just laziness to not research correct pronunciation of people's names... Everyone knows how to pronounce Kubica... And it's not even about this video only but about every single video they put out, there's several mispronounced names.

[@RooiGevaar19]

@@jondasek even in late 2019, when Paul Di Resta sometimes commented for Sky F1, he said Kubika several times during broadcast (I guess it happened at least once in Hungarian GP broadcast). Like, his F1 career was almost concurrent with Kubica's one, yet he didn't manage to learn correct pronounciation. 😜 At least Crofty and Brundle learned it.

[@Sterren-ws6jc]

The problem with Slovakia is that a lot of young Slovaks are leaving for Czechia or other more developed countries. So there is no push from young people against old(er) people. My Slovak friends just gave up on Slovak politics, seeing them as a lost cause.

[@Hydra13910]

Thats honestly sad, my biggest fear is that something like this happens in my country

[@nero2153]

Maybe that's because it is, not just politics but literally everything. I looked at the clock and it said that it's high-time to leave and never come back.

[@Pacho123]

They leave Slovakia but when they are sick they leave development countries and came back to Slovakia

[@HalalBaconator]

Yup, you are right! I left Slovakia 25 years ago and I’ve never looked back!

[@PeterPeter-pr2hi]

Same in Hungary, welcome to the club

[@20mercutio]

As a Slovak I have to say Great Job for avoiding much of the usual sensationalist and chauvinist BS that completely misses the point. One other key point, missed both in this video and also by majority of Slovak voters: President's role is largely ceremonial and has extremely limited powers (President can veto a legislation, but breaking that veto requires only a simple majority).

[@FeriGGGG]

nope, the President has major power over Judge nominations + nomination Veto = Mafia wants their president ....sooo much

[@tomastesar7391]

+ appoints judges( this is very important)

[@ZrJiri]

The president's role is largely ceremonial, but the result of the election is basically a message to Fico "do what you want, we don't mind".

[@PtrkHrnk]

It's mostly ceremonial, not fully. The president has one key power - to represent Slovakia externally (e. g. at the European Council). Previous presidents just were too lazy (Schuster) or too stupid (Čaputová) to do it, so they delegated this power to the government. Korčok was determined take these powers back... until he was called out, then started to slander who even metioned it.

[@tomastesar7391]

@@PtrkHrnk caputova represented us amazingly in the world, the whole world envierd her ! And the “reprezentation” u mean is in terms of actual dealings And that is stupid to take away From the elected gov

[@martintirpak1033]

As a Slovak who watched this closely I want to add a few points. - current coalition has all the important positions now but our opposition is united and strong. Liberal & conservative parties were never as united as they are now. - Korčok had 1.2 million votes. He would win any prior presidential elections up till now. Pellegrini just abused the Macron's thoughts about sending soldiers to Ukraine and made this a number one topic. This unfortunately mobilized a lot of voters. - the controversial legislature which proposed decreased punishment for corruption was stopped by the efforts of our opposition and Constitutional court. Please do not write us off as pro russian. We are protesting all the time. Up to 100 000 people are in the streets nearly every week. Our NGOs are strong too and the opposition is winning in our cities and among our youth. Coalition will keep making mistakes and that will help us turn it around in next elections. Moreover, the coalition under PM Fico says one thung and does the opposite. It continues the humanitarian help for Ukraine and military help is flowing too, but only comercially. Our army cant send any more equipment but that doesnt matter that much, we already sent our artillery, AA defenses, tanks and jet fighters. We are watching this populist government and doing everything we can to slow or stop them. Hopefully the damage wont be too big after their term.

[@jorenbaplu5100]

Thanks, you give people hope

[@chozer1]

there will not be a next election, the country has chosen war in the next couple of years

[@Unprotected1232]

Populism and isolationism... Whenever these two combine, you get a vatnik.

[@Rui301]

To be fair they didn't say you were prorussian at all. They click baited (you need to as youtube is rn) and explained you're pro neither.

[@tobiaslongauer2085]

United? Bro they could not even protest together, it falled apart. About protesting, there was few protests wasnt that big as you are descrining. Fico and Pellegrini are not pro russian. They critize EU for the steps they are making, nothing bad about it. Coalition have all the major post because people want it like that, we decided. Stop using this pro russian narative its just not true. Korčok said that Izrael answer on Hamas attack was legitimate. I mean there are 20 000 CITIZENS casualties, that is okay? According to Korčok yes. Pellegrini had 1 400 000 votes so stop shaming your country, it is not true what you are saying

[@DannySleepwalker]

I am not worried about our "help" to Ukraine. We can't help them anyways since we gave them everything we could have during the previous government. But I'm worried that the corrupt politicians will go unpunished again...

[@simontaylor2143]

Yeah I was hoping they'd cover what aid packages Ukraine stands to lose from this. I recall Slovakia initially had a lot of soviet era equipment to give which integrated well with 🇺🇦 forces but I had no idea if there was any left

[@vm9464]

as a Ukrainian, I worry that Slovakia will use a veto on military aid from the EU

[@netiturtle]

"help" doesn't include just military aid. Ukraine needs money to maintain the state under siege, and they already produce many of weapon systems, ex drones, themselves.

[@vh5663]

One thing is not helping directly because you cant, actively making the process of help done by others more complicated than it has to be would be something very different. You want to keep what you have? Ok, just dont go full Orban, which you likely will.

[@viktorsolovyov5067]

Don't worry, they will

[@neomulucas3935]

I have to commend on all of your Slovak names and party names pronunciation except Fico, which is pronounced similar to 'Fitso'. Apart from that great job!👍

[@SK-yb7bx]

Who cares? Nobody likes Slovakia

[@yuvi3738]

​@@SK-yb7bx ... OK?

[@SK-yb7bx]

Fecal?

[@Peter_739]

@@SK-yb7bx I am from Slovakia and I can confirm, I don't like it either.

[@ChineseKiwi]

Unsure why the other host, Nadja, didn't host this video, considering she's Slavic / Eastern European and thus the pronounciations would have been on point...mmmm.

[@deka3321]

I love how your new host can perfectly nail all the names' pronunciation, but keeps mispronouncing Fico seemingly just to keep the brand continuity.

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

exactly!

[@thetoad8497]

Noticed that as well

[@RedXlV]

Yes, they should be pronouncing it "potkan".

[@LordDoof]

I honestly think that if I were a Slovak I'd be more worried about the government trying to ram through 'reforms' legalizing their corruption and rigging the electoral system in their favor. Slovakia already dumped most of its equipment surplus into Ukraine, and it's sad to say that Ukraine has basically bled itself dry to boot.

[@PtrkHrnk]

Rigging the electoral system in their favor - that already did the previous government...

[@selcovoilucian8253]

Tbh Orban can blackmail the eu and not get punished Other counties want to do the same Veto veto veto

[@DacianRider]

that's why the EU needs to ditch the veto & switch to majority.

[@csat1078]

@selcovoilucian8253 "Tbh Orban can blackmail the eu and not get punished" - he is the elected leader of a nation and has a right to voice the opinion of the nation he represents. If there is disagreement: handle it on a national level. You can send all your taxes to ukraine, nobody is going to stop you from doing so: but other nations can choose to elect people who do things in a different way.

[@jotfohm4644]

What a filthy dog, using words of right for the purpose of evil. ​@@csat1078

[@ai-d2121]

This is going to be one of EU’s big overhauls in the future. But this needs the vote from these countries. And that makes it difficult. But it will happen evetually

[@Bayard1503]

@@csat1078 And EU can and actually should stop funding countries that are not prosecuting embezzling EU funds, which is exactly what Orban's government is doing.

[@zuzana930]

I'm from Slovakia. I hope that Nato, EU and eurozone will keep them in check and won't allow them to do too much damage. Btw Guys Fico is pronounced "Fitso" not "Fiko" ;D

[@adamaenridi7272]

Zuzana Čaputová👀

[@piuswanyaga8361]

Wow beautiful talk about interfering in other people's affairs

Fico can be also pronounced as "Kokot" without any loss of meaning.

[@Salt_and_Peroxide]

ale je to smiešné fiko xD

[@Salt_and_Peroxide]

@ suhlasim stebou

[@user-ro9lc7bl1g]

The classic "If you are not with our, you are against us" Slovakia is not interested in war.

[@pavelschuster9855]

And never were - say 1939, what a year for the opportunistic spineless "country".

[@dannydenison6253]

Wish to see more of the anti war, without rapid NATO expansion and Arming, this war likely could have been avoided all together. With Russia's asks for security guarantee's being entirely ignored for years.

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@dannydenison6253 Anti-war at this point means "capitulation of Ukraine", and that will have serious consequences for Slovakia.

[@mybestsongs2055]

@@diogorodrigues747 what consequences to be exact

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@mybestsongs2055You're very naïve to think that Russia will not try to conquer half of Europe if they win in Ukraine. They don't even need to deploy forces on site, they can do hybrid warfare because it's already working pretty well surprisingly.

[@Kaede-Sasaki]

Being anti-war doesn't mean pro-russia. Tired of this (george) bushian dichotomy "you're either with us or the terrorists". Life is not just 2 black and white choices.

[@199zoltan991]

Just a note, Fico is pronounced Fitzo, Like Fiztgerald.

[@viktor_tindula]

As a person from Slovakia, I think this video is capturing the current situation pretty well. Though, I hate the current government for many reasons (one of them being their view on Russian war), they didn’t really ban all export of guns/help to Ukraine yet, but I wouldn’t share any sensitive information with them regarding Ukraine, if I would be any foreign nation.

[@martintirpak1033]

yeah, our current government fortunately says one thing at home and does the opposite abroad. This way their voters are satisfied and our relationship with EU and NATO doesnt suffer as much. Thank god for that.

[@MrRyby]

same

[@jammmy30]

Man, no worries! Once Mr. Trump is back it will be him Orban and your guy who will be deciding who is gona get important info. and btw chill about that war thing. When mr Trump is in the office the war will be over in a day! 🎉❤

[@fackoesk8]

Nice summary. Greetings from Slovakia.

[@bazdu_2]

I am from slovakia and I am really disappointed by our politicians

[@KrysaGaming]

Prezidenta nám mal vybrať panic s Minecraft profilovkou.

[@bobpadok5331]

Compared to Biden or Macron..slovakia has good leaders..🤣😂☝️☝️

[@andrejkelcik4133]

@@KrysaGaming nie prezidenta by nam mali vybrat ludia co v zivote neboli von z dediny a vadia im buzeranti ale to ze pele chodi za ruky s chlapom po talianku vyuziva majetok za miliony na ktore si nemohol nijako zarobit, nosia mu penize v igelitkach, chrani svojich ludi, je sefom strany ktora vladne a je zaroven prezident, jeho koalicia nechce vyvazat statne zbrane aby vraj nebola vojna ale maju podiely v sukromnych zborjovkach ktore tie zbrane predavaju, vladnu tu 12 rokov a spravili velke hovno..... toto vsetko je lepsie podla teba dakujeme ti za tvoj jebnuty nazor

[@Prdimznova]

@@KrysaGaming Lepšie než keby nám ho vyberal panic čo si založí KrypelGaming kanál.

[@Kolibrik1675]

@@KrysaGaming iba si ukázal ako vyzerá priemerný volič dnešnej vlády. primitív.

[@christopping5876]

Please lower the microphone or raise the host's chair. Ben is the only one tall enough not to be hidden by the mic.

[@franbalcal]

i think you forgot to include a very important factor for this victory.... the man is a Dreamboat, like he is so handsome he could be a model for catalogues

[@karolduris8754]

why do they have to make videos that try to portray Slovakia as a problem? is it because democracy and tolerance of free opinion is starting to work here??

[@nurshatkalimullin5190]

“So this is how liberty dies . . .”

[@nassersi]

Not the other way around, this is how freedom is born. Freedom from the colonial undemocratic American administration. We are fed up with you. Our country has always been stolen by some pigs. Hungary, Germany, the Soviet Union, and now the U.S.... there is no difference between you occupiers.

[@locutus161]

As a Slovak I have to say that it is very hard for me to watch this. I´m disappointed how this president elections ended. Let´s hope that civil society will keep up and watch over our democracy.

[@user-nv4bc5cf1i]

Civil society aka the ngo elite mafia 😂

[@jeckjeck3119]

@@user-nv4bc5cf1i Like Russia?

[@centosto3327]

As a Slovak I was disappointed last 10 years 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@joschmo4497]

I love when leftist losers immediately suggest democracy is dying when their party loses.

[@KrysaGaming]

Demokracia je správna, len keď ti to vyhovuje, však ?

[@kyotomotel1]

6:46 answers the question in the title, all other things its just media sensations but your report is really good and balanced, thank you

[@Mishina375]

Prime minister name is pronouced FEE-TSO as faeces not FI-KO as ficus :D

[@Pidalin]

more like as Píčus 😀

[@marrvyn]

It's not pronounced like "FEEKO" but like "FEETSO"

[@filipkiowsky7834]

Thank you for working on pronounciation of slavic names. You really improved and I seriously appreciate that 🤍

[@digitalgenre7194]

Slovakia has no social or fanancial influence on the continent (tiny country). Although it is a negative result I don't think it makes much difference. How often do we hear about Slovakia on EU contest? No much at all.

[@peterpitonak4921]

Its not FIKO for god's sake. It sounds so absurd. its FICO.

[@urapeenees340]

To je snad jedno kurva. Missuješ pointu videa…

[@michalcassovia2337]

Simply can be pronounced as Fitso

[@jpurdes]

One day after Fico won the last election, a new company was founded and registered. According to the official record, the company's owner resides in Fico's party premises, and the owner's representative is Robert Kalinak, Fico's right hand man since the founding of his party. This company's stated purpose is the "procurement, manufacture and resale of weapons and ammunition". Soon thereafter, Fico stated that he would not allow the Slovak government to militarily support Ukraine, but he will not prevent private companies from doing so. His and Pelegrini's anti-Ukraine rhetoric are just a part of a scheme to enrich themselves on weapons deals with Ukraine. (Note: It doesn't hurt to follow Kalinak in the future. His son, Erik, is running in the European elections, and if he wins, his task will likely be trying to increase the prices of weapons and ammo for Ukraine.) The part about ramming through Orbanesque laws, however, is spot-on. While Fico and Pelegrini won't likely cause any harm to Ukraine, they'll do tremendous damage to democracy in Slovakia.

[@PtrkHrnk]

Great for them. And it's his nephew, not son.

[@sachavanmeir1591]

Erik Kalinak is not the son of Robert. He is his nephew

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

I am also afraid for the future of democracy in Slovakia. The next government (if there is any, but I hope it is) can try to reverse the harm, but as we can see in Poland right now, it is always easier to make a fish soup from a fish tank than to make a fish tank from a fish soup.

[@karolduris8754]

they will harm just dirty people who serve non-governmental political non-governments

[@Goreshaw]

Slovakia is still helping Ukraine and Pellegrini never said he is pro-Russian

[@fellowcitizen]

I hope he is pro-Russian, or European democracy is over.

[@IK_MK]

Bro got shot

[@alexlanyi2329]

good summary!!

[@denisparkan7578]

Pretty accurate just gona give you pronounce tip: do not convert C to K in Fico you dont read it as C in locomotive but as C in Cement.

[@woestewouter96]

Wait, are they implementing managed democracy as well?

[@leonzspotg]

sounds about right, the elected leader is not allowed to have a different opinion, otherwise the elections are rigged! totally fair and square, not forcing you to be a puppet or anything at all!

[@bobpadok5331]

Managed democracy is in ukraine since 2014 ..after violent putsch on president by ukranazis...all opposition parties and media were banned...not project your madness upon others.

[@TenTypekMatus]

You don't say that Šimkovičová has worked for Markiza and she lives in Prellenkirchen, Austria, so she is not pro-Russian but wants to convince people that she is. Great video otherwise.

[@bobpadok5331]

Everyone is proRussian if you not follow sexual perversions or critize Ukrainian nazi regimen.

[@bosz4360]

As a Slovak myself... it hurts to watch what is going on in our politics right now. Slovakia is just destined to collapse if more shit like this happens :/ (not really... but still... pretty shitty situation to be in)

[@AdamWaltersPDX]

These are great presentations of the new

[@diomuda7903]

What made it so shocking is most Czechs couldn't believe on their eyes just how delusional Slovaks are now. Despite being cousins, we are like pole apart. We Czechs are fervent backers of Ukraine, every leader we elected remember the 1968 massacre by the Soviets; yet this didn't appear to be a thing in Slovakia.

[@andrijherasymenko]

Thank you, Czechs, for the help. We appreciate it in Ukraine

[@Karibija]

Weren't Ukrainians too those Soviets who massacred you?

[@gabor6259]

@@Karibija It doesn't matter. They followed Russian orders.

[@HoukaiBG]

Didn't the massacre occur in Prague, not Bratislava? And weren't the Slovaks forced in a union led by Czechs against their will? They maybe cousins, but that doesn't mean they should blindly follow your example... especially when the example is... let's say questionable.

[@Karibija]

There was nothing russian there. Leader of whole Soviet Union was Ukrainian Brezhnev. He decided to start the action with three Ukrainian commanders (Koshovy, Grechko, Pavlovsky) and one Belarusian (Yakubovsky). If this is what Czechs remember, then Slovaks are right - they should not help ukrainian invaders any more.

[@anusko]

Hi TLDR! The PM's name is Fico but you read it FiTSo. Cheers!

[@lukas.prochazka]

Its not FIKO it is FITSO

[@urapeenees340]

Who gives a shit

[@eriktomasko8255]

Also you could have mentioned that only one week after Pellegriny was voted a treaty was signed with Ukraine and Slovak government

[@adamkomora7937]

As a Slovak myself I just love how you mastered the pronunciation of their names(I am not being sarcastic)...just apart from Fico 😂

[@latyak2531]

Spoiler alert: yes, they did.

[@matejjanas2671]

In Slovakia, the role of the president is not very significant because Slovakia is a parliamentary republic, not a presidential one. Therefore, if the parliament holds the majority, they can enact laws as they wish.

[@rudolfblaha7701]

fico in slovak is pronounced similar to fit saw. say these two wards quickly and you get it right

[@222jakub]

Olajno and Anti-coruption? wtf what are ya smoking i wants some too !!!! HNAHAHAHAH XD

[@tomastesar7391]

The whole Reason they got in power was because they were anti corruption populists? They promised to untie the hands of police And persecute all of the cases that were found for 10 years And Nothing was happening ? Where do you live ? Have u seen any of their speeches before the elections ?

[@i-heart-google7132]

otvor knizku anglictiny pre prvy rocnik, ty dezolat tupy.

[@janhejcman]

Robert Fiko 😭. It pronounced Fitso. C isn't K in Slovak. I can't listen to that

[@urapeenees340]

I'd doesn't matter

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

I have noticed the improvement in pronouncing the names TLDR has made, and it was obvious they made lots of effort in this video. There was just one problem - but with the most important figure: Fico's name is pronounced Fitso, not Fiko. Slovak is one of many European languages who pronounce "c" as "ts" (you can see it in Czech Václav Havel for example). I have to appreciate the near perfect pronounciation of other names though, especially Čaputová - I suppose that that is particulary hard for English speakers.

[@StefanNemec]

Slovakia democracy is not at risk.. because there is no democracy at all.. what do you mean by "democracy"? to vote every 4 years is not democracy! representative democracy is the worst democracy system there is... why did you say that slovakia democracy is in danger? i dont understand... explain the reason...

[@urapeenees340]

Wtf are you talking about? What is democracy then

[@smith3696]

Macron's tactical ambiguity is looking like an unambiguously siht idea

[@GoDLiKeKakashi]

The only shit ideas as the ones coming from German leadership where they make their resolute statement of "NO TO X" before inevitably backtracking 3-6 months later to "Actually okay to X". Rinse and repeat. At this point if the German chancellor said that Germany will never build atomic weapons, I'd expect to see construction of nukes within a year. Need to take their schizo medication so they can actually make logical decisions.

[@enlighty]

Love to hear that Slovakia's politics defending it's own interests now calling pro-Putin politics. If there is a choice between Zelensky (pro-Ukraine) and Putin (pro-Russia), i choose Putin.

[@frainer1]

how someone can propose weakening anti-corruption measures and remain in office is absolutely beyond me

[@datdumbguy1067]

Now We should absolutely not do this, because It’s undemocratic and an Eastern thing to do. But… It would be Possible to win back Hungarys support by offering Southern Slovakia.

[@Stav_Hadj]

That’s funny af 😂

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

Then win Slovakia back by giving it back

[@csat1078]

Hungarian here: its incredibly dumb and inconsiderate of you to talk about such issues like that.

[@nickt2822]

@@csat1078 dont vote for morons if you want to be taken seriously.

[@krisdaschwab912]

Orban keeps doing it, so...​@@csat1078

[@Lukas-lw4eg]

a thing worth pointing out is that while Smer is anti war, they are also very much pro EU and Nato. So I doubt they would really try stop other EU and NATO members. They would much more likely be alright with any support for Ukraine as long as it doesnt involve Slovakia in some bigger way

[@RayOfLight.101]

Smer used to be pro-EU and pro-NATO. But something changed. Since the beginning of war, it seems that they are pulling Slovakia out of EU and NATO spreading anti-EU and anti-NATO propaganda. I'd say they have been bribed by Putin.

[@iAdam43]

yes correct

[@draxxicek]

Well yes, but my god, why do you pronounce Fico as “Feeko” instead of “Fitzo”?

[@doomsday2_]

I am upset, that you changed your "Fico" pronounciation.

[@pavolkrajci787]

NATO should go back to those countries where it was in 1990 when the USA promised Russia that NATO will not expand toward the Russian border. Putin has the right to protect the Russian people in Ukraine.

[@Volti21]

These were democratic elections. That's what is democracy about. EU shouldn't intervene or force them to fulfill their "EU propaganda". In the end, they don't have the rights to do so. You can't force country to support who you want to support. EU is so stubborn here, as well as Czechia and others

[@bladeorade12]

You guys need to cut your ad length or increase your content length. The information is great but is a 2 minute ad at the end really necessary on every video? It is super annoying that 1/6 of your run time is ad time.

[@ironbolt2678]

Just a correction: Fico is pronounced like “FeeTSo”. You have to make the “ts” sound like you do to call cats.

[@JCCyC]

Same as Polish, then? (Re: Robert Kubica)

[@emeraldadvanced822]

The people voted. This is the democracy you keep preaching to other nations. Don't be hypocrites by voicing concerns about elected leaders you don't like for whatever reasons. It doesn't matter why the Western leaders don't like them, what matters is that the people of Slovakia do.

[@tomastesar7391]

They are not preaching that they shoudlnt have voted for him, they are just analyzing. Dont project

[@kvici]

it was a total SME(a)R campaign.

[@sebastianmackay5657]

Bro I thought this was some sort of news video not a satire sketch lmao

[@sds3454]

I’m anti crime so if someone tries to mug you, just hand them over your stuff and don’t report it.

[@angelcabeza6464]

what damn you type like a conservative

[@urapeenees340]

@@angelcabeza6464he was being sarcastic

[@thetoad8497]

If you are alone in a desert and meet 10 people who want to shit in your hat, you give them your hat and buy a new one. Hence avoiding conflict. Making strawmen analogies doesn't mean you're smart or being right

[@Jaro10155]

Slovakia is a democracy, Slovakia is not North Korea. So the democratic world should respect the results of democratic elections. We have the government we want to have.

[@superraf-]

yeah right

[@Kolibrik1675]

and we will regret it... again :D

[@nassersi]

@@Kolibrik1675 don't think there could be a worse government than under Chaputova's anti-people thieving regime...

[@dezole_mainstream]

@@Kolibrik1675 Oh, so you were in comma last 3 and half years, OK, got it...

[@Jaro10155]

​@@dezole_mainstreamMatoviča nikto v únii nekritizoval, lebo plnil všetko čo vyhovovalo iným. Kupoval vakcíny, testy, zadlžoval krajinu raketovým tempom a snažil sa zavrieť a zničiť konzervatívnu opozíciu. Čo iné v únii potrebovali liberálny politici ktorí by štátom ako Slovensko najradšej zobrali samostatnosť?

[@Jakub552]

Ukraine is least of my concerns with this one…..

[@michaela9079]

It sucks that Caputova didn’t run for re-election

[@romansallai8223]

Korčok was "Caputova with pants"

[@hughjass1044]

This is an example of why Putin doesn't really fear the EU or NATO very much. They both consist of over 2 dozen different nations, all with their own ideas, priorities, agendas and so on. In other words, they're divisible. It really doesn't matter what the issue is or which country or countries it is at any given time. If he can keep them fighting and squabbling amongst themselves over anything at all, he weakens them and strengthens himself.

[@ua697]

Hungary and Slovakia are not exactly the main pillars of NATO 😂

[@Brian-bw3uu]

Could you leave your graphics up for more than a half second?

[@CiceroTheSmiles]

Slovak prime minister's name is pronounced "Fee-tso", not "Fi-co"

[@Mishina375]

exactly Fee-tso as faeces not Fi-ko as ficus :D

[@urapeenees340]

Who gives a shit. Focus on the message

[@sebastiankala1093]

Slovakia is not pro-russian. As you said in the end of the video, we don't want to take part in this war. Slovakia doesn't have good experiences with either Ukraine or Russia. But we are still helping the war refugees. This hoaxes about Slovakia being pro-russian is offensive as hell. Only few old people in the country feel pro-russian. They are huge minority. And about the elections. Slovaks had three options basically. Mad Harabin, who can't control his emotions and is telling a lot of false claims, liberal Korčok, who got support from the liberal groups and Pellegrini, who has been viewed as a middle ground between those two. Also when it came to debates Korčok was very weak and had been only attacking Pellegrini. So I'm not surprised for the winner. We don't have a political party, which would actually represent the voice of an ordinary citizen. Hence the return of the Fico. People just wanted to get back pre-covid years, since Matovič has been acting like egoistic child and ruined what he has touched. Under Fico at least some things have been working out.

[@Coffe7913]

another progressive liberal shit....

[@Languslangus]

We should all stop anny involvment in the ukraninan afair

[@user-uw5ps6nr8g]

Though have some distaste towards Russia,not as big as the one towards China and a certain country’s actions in Gaza

[@diogorodrigues747]

Russia is way worse for Europe than China or Israel+Gaza. The war in Ukraine is much more active and brutal than the war in Gaza, you just don't see the full picture given that Ukraine is huge and Gaza is a very small territory - remember that only in Mariupol many more people were dead and wounded than in the whole recent war in Gaza according to preliminary reports, and Mariupol had 4 times less people than Gaza.

[@danielovsanka4436]

to answer the question in the title: No we didnt. He said multiple times that we are on the side of Ukraine and will continue to allow arms shipment from private companies but will stop sending our own weapons because we barely have any weapons left amymore. He is Pro-Ukraine but he is also looking at Slovak interests unlike the other candidate.

[@jondasek]

It hurts my ears when in almost every video there are countless wrongly pronounced names of people. I hope you're not beciming the Linus Tech Tips of news channels prefering quantity over quality...

[@RougeHound]

How did neutrality work for Belgium?

[@salciano]

How did it work for Switzerland?

[@RougeHound]

@@salciano Slovakia ain't Switzerland. 😅

[@salciano]

@@RougeHound Slovakia ain't Belgium, either.

[@RougeHound]

@salciano you don't need to convince me. Tell that to Russia, Hungary, Austria and German 😅

[@radovanrusnak8934]

also Ukraine was neutral (Budapest memorandum) - and this neutrality was backed up by USA, Great Britain and Russia! What a fucked up situation when these muscovite orcs break their word, right? Nah, but honestly, there are bigger chances that Hungary will be the one that attacks us Slovaks, not Russia - I doubt that they'll ever attack a NATO country.

[@xxJerry19xx]

At least you should take a look on some Slovak media and learn correct pronaunciation of our prime minister family name... It is no so hard, it is only 4 letter word... And his name is mentioned often in Slovak TVs. If you are not able to do such simple thing, it make no sense to comment anything else in this video.

[@uhliktube]

You missed the fact Korcok has been working for Fico's government in the past.

[@patrikvavro1611]

Yes, as a civil servant. What exactly is your point?

[@uhliktube]

@@patrikvavro1611 Did you ever worked for an employer who was against your moral principles?

[@oldevilgreendog]

So, basically it is called "pro russian" now to not want to risk yourself for american interests? In such a funny world we are living.

[@filipfric]

Yes, and everyone who has conservative is fascist. One of many examples. They just change meaning of words in a real time so they lose all their meaning

[@robertmifkovic6325]

It's Slovak interest to have Ukraine in the rast and not Russia

[@rastislavbelko5978]

Fico and Pelegriny brought Slovakia to EU and NATO. This video is completely nonsense.

[@i_barely_hee-know_her]

Yes let's vote for the guys that want to lower the penalty for corruption. Very smart

[@dairebulson7122]

Congratulations, President Pellegrini!

[@dinismantas7265]

I am having enough of fellow European stupidity. I am somewhat center-right conservative leaning and have been very critical of some aspects of the EU construction. However, don't tell me that the EU and even NATO is worse for European countries. There are challenges, but on the whole it brought more opportunities for people in general. Also, Ukraine is indeed fighting a war against an expansionist authoritarian regime. They should be supported.

[@ClifffSVK]

😂

[@urapeenees340]

@@ClifffSVKhe's right. Why are you laughing

[@Nikolasz1173]

No

[@ClifffSVK]

@@urapeenees340 He's not

[@urapeenees340]

@@ClifffSVK explain then

[@Jakub552]

Pellegrini isnt going to be the President , Fico is.

[@Salt_and_Peroxide]

tak čo už

[@akimbobananas4703]

Pretty much nailed it.

[@Marvellann]

So much misinformation in this video.

[@pavolkralovic3384]

Thank you for talking about this. I'm Slovak and I can say you told everything very well. 😔

[@JurajCh]

Only reason why Fico and Pellegrini won, is because they are slighly less shitty than the other guy.

[@michaelawheeler]

Well it would be do a proper research of really what is going on in Slovakia not just from liberal mainstream media. I am proud slovak and Simkovicova is 100% right.

[@Siranoxz]

Once the majority voting is implemented, non of these pro Putin politicians matters, it only means that the rest of the EU can distance themselves with the additional consequences of EU funds being deprived from these countries. Its a democracy, but democracy also means disagreement and distancing one from another.

[@KrysaGaming]

100% right.

[@BoltonForTheNorth]

How did pro peace become pro Russian?

[@misorodzinak8829]

Because their vision of peace is basically for Ukraine to surrender.

[@nickt2822]

because there is no peace with russia. there is only obedience and slavery.

[@bastian182]

Because "peace" would mean, forcing Ukraine to give up its souvereignty to Russia. And once "peace" has been achieved Russia will then just attack the next Nation.

[@klaspersson2598]

When some people decided that the only way to get peace is to let russia dominate its neighbours.

[@MrRushhour4]

Because the only peace suggested is for Ukraine to surrender

[@kupecxa9843]

you pronounce "fico" wrong, it's "fico", not "fiko"; 2:54 you put liberal up while it's generally agreed to put it down in all kind of political compasses...

[@yatarookayama8329]

No Slovakia Just Elect a Pro Slovakia , yeah weird right ?

[@JenniferA886]

Nice job from the presenter 👍👍👍

[@michaelaozuka5179]

I am from Slovakia and I love our new president &SMER SD 🤍💙❤🇸🇰🇷🇺

[@kidwdreamz]

Nah he's just pro slovak president

[@OndrejMajernik]

Fico sounds like Fico, not Fiko so please say it right way.

[@aliensensum8663]

Pellegrini’s campaign stated CITIZENS would be sent, not just troops.

[@JS-ip8xm]

May be some people miss 1968 like many Hungarians seem to miss 1956.

[@marcpaul6727]

Slovaks didn't suffer that much. 1968 basically only applies to the Czechs.

[@Nikolasz1173]

@@marcpaul6727 bruh all generals and a leader in 68 were unkrainian

[@marcpaul6727]

@@Nikolasz1173 Nicely skewing facts. Brezhnev never considered himself Ukrainian, Kremlin sent all the troops and troops have no say. There was even propaganda ahead of time regarding "Czechoslovak revolution" circulating in the SSSR. Facts, "facts" and understanding are different things.

[@KrysaGaming]

Just pay us back that 700M euros with nice interest and we are good.

[@majek5440]

Its pronounced "Fitso" not "Fiko"