Slovakia is no longer just a passive observer in global politics—it is actively aligning itself with Russia and the radical far right, warns former Foreign Minister Rastislav Káčer. In a scathing Facebook post, Káčer accused Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government of systematically dismantling Slovakia’s Western orientation, comparing its foreign policy to the disastrous appeasement of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union before World War II.
Káčer’s warning comes amid growing concerns that Slovakia, once a reliable NATO and EU member, is shifting toward authoritarian influences. He criticised key figures in the government, particularly Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák, for dangerously downplaying the Russian threat. Meanwhile, Ľuboš Blaha—a senior figure in Fico’s SMER party—has openly engaged with Moscow’s intelligence services, further reinforcing Slovakia’s geopolitical realignment.
Blaha’s recent meeting with Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), underscores this troubling shift. While Slovakia’s leadership claims to act in the country’s best interests, Káčer argues that their actions serve Russian strategic goals, making Slovakia a tool of Kremlin influence rather than a sovereign Western democracy.
Further cementing this shift, Fico recently appeared at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, an event closely associated with Donald Trump’s political movement. Káčer described CPAC as a “modern-day NSDAP rally,” warning that Slovakia’s growing ties to both Russia and America’s radical right place it firmly within what he called a “global neo-fascist movement.”
With Slovakia’s government openly undermining NATO and the EU while cozying up to Moscow, Káčer warns that history is repeating itself. His message to the Slovak people is urgent: resist now, or pay the price later.
Rastislav Káčer, a career diplomat and former foreign minister (2022–2023), has long been a staunch advocate of Slovakia’s Euro-Atlantic integration. Having served as Slovakia’s ambassador to the United States, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, and played a key role in Slovakia’s NATO accession, his latest statement signals deep concerns about the country’s direction.
In his Facebook post marking the 85th anniversary of the Katyn Massacre, Káčer drew historical parallels between past appeasement of authoritarian regimes and the Slovak government’s current approach to Russia.
Katyn and the Consequences of Appeasement
Káčer began by recalling the Katyn Massacre, in which the Soviet NKVD executed approximately 15,000 Polish officers and 10,000 Polish intellectuals in 1940. He highlighted how Soviet leaders sought to eliminate those with a so-called “hostile attitude towards the USSR” and noted that, just a year prior, Nazi forces had murdered nearly 60,000 members of the Polish intelligentsia during operations Tannenberg and Intelligence.
With this historical context, Káčer pointed to the failure of Western democracies to confront rising totalitarian threats in the 1930s, stressing that both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union had clearly signalled their brutal intentions long before the outbreak of World War II. “The whole world knew what ambitions the Nazi regime had. Even before the Munich betrayal, they were murdering Jews and the political opposition at home. It was evident by the mid-1930s that this was a criminal and globally dangerous regime. The same was clear about the USSR and Stalin—a dictatorship built on tyranny and blood. And yet, both were shamefully appeased.”
Káčer argued that had the Western Allies resisted Hitler earlier, millions of lives could have been saved. Instead, they signed the Munich Agreement, abandoning Czechoslovakia and emboldening Nazi Germany. “Hitler could have been stopped at a much lower cost if the Allies had not written off Czechoslovakia. They signed ‘peace’ in Munich. We all know what followed.”
Criticism of the Slovak Government’s Russia Policy
Káčer then turned his attention to Slovakia’s current leadership, accusing it of repeating historical mistakes by downplaying the Russian threat. He singled out Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák, who recently stated in Poland that “there is nothing to worry about… Russia will leave eventually.”
Káčer ridiculed this remark as dangerously naive, urging readers to consider the devastating consequences of such complacency:
“The defence minister speaks as if Russia will simply walk away on its own—as if history hasn’t already proven the opposite. Imagine the millions who perished—not just military officers and intellectuals, but ordinary people with families, dreams, and the simple desire to live. When Nazism was ‘defeated,’ it wasn’t because it collapsed on its own—it took immense sacrifice to stop it. The same is true for Russian aggression. Waiting for it to ‘leave’ is not a strategy; it’s an invitation to disaster.”
He further lambasted Slovakia’s foreign policy shift, pointing out the stark hypocrisy of government figures deepening ties with Russian intelligence while claiming to defend Slovakia’s national interests. “And in Moscow, on this very anniversary, the most shameless person ever produced by Slovak politics [Ľuboš Blaha] is sitting down with the head of Russian intelligence.”
Expanding on his critique, Káčer drew a comparison between Slovakia’s growing alignment with authoritarian regimes and global far-right movements. He alluded to Prime Minister Robert Fico’s recent appearance at CPAC in Washington, D.C., a gathering closely tied to Donald Trump’s political movement. At the event—widely seen as a platform for Trump’s brand of right-wing populism—Fico aligned Slovakia more closely with Trump’s ideological agenda, reinforcing a shift away from the European Union. While his speech received a warm reception, his remarks on Ukraine subtly echoed Russian narratives, casting doubt on the West’s role in the conflict.
By invoking CPAC in this context, Káčer referred to it as a “modern-day NSDAP rally in Washington”, drawing a provocative parallel between Trump-aligned far-right politics and historical authoritarian movements.
Source: Rastisalv Káčer | Facebook
