The 71-year-old man who fired five shots at Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, is linked with a pro-Russian extremist group a Hungarian investigative journalist reported.
  • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
    58·
    6 months ago

    Which is supper weird because Fico is strongly pro-Russian.

    • Hubi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      301·
      6 months ago

      I wouldn’t put it past the Russians to do something like this just to have a fictional boogeyman to whine about.

    • takeda@lemmy.worldEnglish
      191·
      6 months ago

      When you talk to Slovakians they say that his death would be one of the best things to happen to the pro putin movement, as this would make him a martyr.

      I personally wonder how it will be as it looks like he survived and these news paint an interesting picture.

      • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        I think he will very much paint himself a martyr if he survives too.

      • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        Most Some of hid lackeys are blaming oposition and media for this since the news broke. No idea if he had a change of heart, but I doubt it. I can only see hin doubling down.

        If he switched sides, his political career is over - there would be nobody left to vote for him. Pro-Russian naratives got him back to being PM

  • tortillaPeanuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
    282·
    6 months ago

    So this is all based on an X post that references two social media posts from 8 years ago… I think I’ll wait for more information, the guy is still alive and can tell investigators why he did this. It also just doesn’t make much sense.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    285·
    6 months ago

    I called it! I totally called it!

    https://lemmy.world/comment/10072148

    I said it would be Russians and a bunch of people told me “no, he’s pro-Russian.”

    Doesn’t fucking matter. It’s about creating chaos. Putin doesn’t care if you’re loyal unless your loyalty is useful.

    • Cosmonauticus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      To be fair I heard on npr yesterday he was a poet from the leftist opposition. New details emerge with time. Can’t be 100% correct on a story developing across the ocean

    • ZapBeebz_@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      6 months ago

      Shinzo Abe was assassinated over his ties to/support of a New religious movement in Japan. Put your tinfoil hat back on and go to your room

      • Red0ctober@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        6 months ago

        The Moonies are not a new movement. They have a long and troubling history in Korea, Japan, and the US. I highly recommend Falling Out for anyone interested in learning more about the cult.

        • ZapBeebz_@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          6 months ago

          I know they’re not new; that’s just what they’re classified as on Wikipedia. It is “new” compared to Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, etc. The distinction is that the Unification Church came about within the last 75 years, and so is not one of the “old” religious movements.

        • Fondots@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          6 months ago

          One of my favorite scary facts about the moonies that I don’t see talked about much is that a couple of the founders sons had a falling out with the church, and went and started their own, even crazier church. They made the news a few years back doing some rifle blessings and some kind of mass wedding ceremony (also with rifles)

          Not for nothing, they also own kahr firearms

    • mean_bean279@lemmy.worldEnglish
      171·
      6 months ago

      Dumbest take. Japan isn’t even part of NATO, and Abe was killed only 5 months after the start of the war. Abe was also mired in controversy within his own borders for a multitude of reasons.