The Kremlin treats Slovakia as an enemy. This is also proven by recently discovered espionage practices
Slovakia is with Russia, which has officially declared us an enemy in the diplomatic war.
Last week, our authorities decided to reduce the number of Russian diplomats by another 35, although there were exactly 69. It was a retaliation for recruiting our citizens to cooperate as intelligence officers.
“I did not expect it to happen so soon, but after a similar move, I made a public call right after the scandal with Russian agents, who managed to obtain classified information.” says Daniel Milo, an expert from the Institute of Legal and Security Analysis of the Ministry of the Interior.
According to him, the solution is not to report three Russian correspondents non grata and wait for the new three to be sent here.
There was a lack of political will
According to experts, the expulsion of so many Russian diplomats was absolutely necessary. “The size of the Russian embassy and its apparatus was absolutely inadequate in the scope of official relations and trade, technical or diplomatic cooperation,” explains the reserve general Pavel Macko.
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