Slovak PM slams Western ‘Iron Curtain’ in talks with Putin

Robert Fico was the only leader of an EU state to defy pressure from Brussels and visit Moscow on Victory Day

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin after attending the Victory Day parade on Red Square and other festivities marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

During talks at the Kremlin on Friday evening, Fico criticized what...