Putin pledges Russia will meet Slovakia's energy demand

10 articles · Updated · Reuters · May 9

At a Kremlin meeting on 9 May, Putin told Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico Russia would do everything to satisfy Slovakia's energy needs.
Slovakia remains one of few European countries still buying Russian oil and gas, receiving oil through the Druzhba pipeline and gas via TurkStream.
Fico visited Moscow for Victory Day events but did not attend the Red Square parade; Slovakia says replacing Russian supplies would be costly because its infrastructure depends on them.

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