Slovak Premier Threatens to Block EU Sanctions Against Russia

Robert FicoPhotographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico threatened to block the European Union’s new sanctions package against the Kremlin unless the bloc comes up with a way to address the potential loss of Russian energy supplies.

In a Facebook postBloomberg Terminal late Tuesday, Fico called for a “real solution to the crisis situation that Slovakia will find itself in after a complete halt to the supply of gas, oil and nuclear fuel from Russia.”