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ER Editor: From Twitter/X, it would seem this has been in the works for a while —
🇷🇺🇸🇰 Slovakia Pushes for Referendum on Lifting Sanctions Against Russia
Over 360,000 signatures have been collected in Slovakia to initiate a referendum on lifting sanctions against Russia. Organizers plan to submit these signatures to the president in January for a… pic.twitter.com/SuL6ricJg2
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) December 23, 2024
See this from TASS two days ago —
Petition to Slovak president demands vote on lifting Russia sanctions — report
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EU nation gathers 400,000 signatures to have Russia sanctions lifted (VIDEO)
Slovak President Peter Pellegrini will now have to respond to the petition and consider holding a referendum
Commenting on the initiative that was launched late last year and has surpassed the 350,000 threshold for consideration, Pellegrini’s office promised to “handle petition sheets strictly in accordance with the law.”
SHO leader Robert Svec said he expects the president not to ignore the petition and to call for a referendum, citing Pellegrini’s own presumed skepticism regarding anti-Russian sanctions.
In late March, the activists held a conference called ‘For Slovakia Without Sanctions,’ that was attended by a number of politicians and economists.
Speaking at the time, DOMOV leader Pavol Slota claimed that Slovakia’s future depends on whether the sanctions against Moscow will be lifted or not.
“It is about our whole nation, all Slovak citizens,” he stated.
Economist Peter Stanek, in turn, said that “there are dozens of studies that clearly show that sanctions have never worked,” affecting instead “those who imposed them.”
Slovakia implemented the sweeping EU sanctions imposed on Russia following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022. Robert Fico, who became prime minister in 2023, has maintained that the punitive measures “are not working,” and doing more harm to member states than Moscow.
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