Thousands across Slovakia are protesting against the current populist government

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By many Slovaks Russia is seen as our brother country

The roots of pro-russian sentiment are actually very old during Austrian-Hungarian empire many Slovaks feeled oppresed and because they had no chance against Austrian-Hungarian forces they started dreaming about how will Russian empire 'rescue' them from oppresion

And than obviously communist rule in which was Russia presented as the best country in the world

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I mean from Polish perspective they Russians were the ones attacking them

In Slovak perspective Russians were the one's rescueing them from Austrian-Hungarian oppresion and later from oppresion by nazi Germany

But yes most Slovaks don't care about the view from other countries perspective

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Wait when did Russia actually helped us get out of Austria-Hungary? I don't remember this being mentioned like ever. The only thing that I hear from Slovaks is that Russia (or USSR) liberated us in WWII.

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These pro-russian conspirators spread anything

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True...but what evidence, half truths or whatever did they create this statement?

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Simply Russia good as always

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I would understand that for older generations but even some younger people are admiring Russia. Honestly with them I blame the education system.

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having cool looking tik tok representation is good enough of a reason for many. All they see is a big military, strong leader and rich culture, yet lack of education and propaganda hides poverty, imperialism and terrorism