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Fico in Moscow: what did he achieve?
Belarusian president Lukashenka (left), Chinese president Xi, Russian president Putin, Slovakian prime minister Fico (centre-right), and Serbian president Vučić (right). (© picture alliance/ASSOCIATED PRESS/Yuri Kochetkov)

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was the only EU leader to attend the Russian Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on 9 May. Apart from making headlines, the trip achieved nothing, the press criticises.