Czechs and Slovaks stop talking to each other, Russia has driven a wedge between them, servers write
Gazeta Wyborcza’s website describes the Czech government’s decision to suspend the intergovernmental consultations as a serious souring of relations between the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which was caused by Fico’s pro-Russian stance. Wyborcza recalls a statement made by former Slovak ambassador to Prague Peter Weiss to the daily SME, according to which one of the initiators of the intergovernmental consultations was Fico himself.
Source ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/2489653
Putin’s tentacle in the Czech energy sector: are we still dependent on Russia after two years of war?
Many of the solutions that are meant to weaken Russian influence actually deepen it. Last week, as Ukraine faced yet another devastating Russian attack on key energy infrastructure, the Czech state-owned company Mero reported that the share of Russian oil imported into the country had risen to 58 per cent year-on-year. This is quite alarming news in light of what is happening.
Source https://hn.cz/putinovo-chapadlo-v-ceske-energetice-jsme-i-po-dvou-letech-valky-stale-zavisli-na-rusku