Former Prime Minister Robert Fico was tasked with forming a new government after his social democratic party, Smer, became the largest party with around 23 percent of the vote.

Fico has made it clear that his party wants to provide humanitarian support to Ukraine, but not weapons.

During the election campaign, the 59-year-old also advocated that relations with Russia should be improved.

Called to the carpet

The government’s current accusations of Russian interference refer to statements by the head of Russia’s intelligence service that Slovakia’s pro-Ukrainian Center Party is a “proxy of the United States.”

The Progressive Slovak Party came second in the election with 18 percent.

– We see deliberate disinformation as interference of the Russian Federation in the Slovak election process, said the statement of the Slovak Foreign Ministry.

A representative of the Russian embassy was summoned to the Slovak Foreign Ministry on Monday, where he was asked to bring with him a message that Slovakia demands an end to outside interference.

– Do not involve us in internal affairs

Russian authorities rejected the allegations the same day.

– We are not involved in the internal affairs of other countries nor are we involved in regime change efforts, commented the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Fico’s party won 42 of the 150 seats in the National Assembly and must find a coalition partner to form a majority government.

One of them is the Hlas-SD party, which was formed in 2020 by a splinter group from Smer. Hlas got 27 seats in the National Assembly.

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