Russia warned Slovakia against signing an international treaty on compensation for damage to Ukraine, after which Prime Minister Robert Fico halted consideration of the document.
This was stated by opposition politician Ivan Novotny of the SaS party, citing sources in Slovak diplomacy, as reported by Aktuality.
Slovakia, along with Hungary and Bulgaria, remains among the only EU countries that have not joined the agreement to establish an International Claims Commission for Ukraine, adopted in December 2025 in The Hague.
In July, the Slovak government planned to sign the document, but on 10 July a call came from Russia’s Foreign Ministry to the Slovak embassy in Moscow. The Russian side said it would view the signing of the agreement as an “unfriendly step”, and Slovak ambassador Peter Priputen warned of a possible sharp reaction from the Kremlin.
As a result, on 26 August, during a government meeting, Robert Fico removed the item from the agenda without discussion. The opposition accuses the authorities of yielding to pressure from Moscow and undermining the country’s defence capability, urging diplomats to document evidence of co-operation with Russia.
The developments come amid Bratislava’s growing rapprochement with Moscow. Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar said there were plans to resume work in the autumn of the intergovernmental commission on economic and scientific-technical co-operation between Slovakia and Russia, whose activities were suspended in 2021. Fico and Putin agreed to restart its work during a meeting in 2025.