BRUSSELS — Slovakia’s opposition is suing Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico over his decision to halt emergency power supplies to Ukraine amid a growing diplomatic spat over a key Russian oil pipeline.
The chairman of the center-right Freedom and Solidarity party, Branislav Gröhling, said his party had filed a criminal complaint against Fico, accusing him of abuse of his office, treason, terrorism and the “violation of duties in the management of other people’s property,” according to Slovak newspaper Dennik N.
Opposition MP Karol Galek accused Fico of opening up a “new front” against Ukraine on the side of Russia, arguing that cutting off oil flows could endanger Ukrainian civilians and shut down its hospitals.