“Ms. Kallas,
I would like to inform you that I am the legitimate Prime Minister of Slovakia, a sovereign country. No one can tell me where I should or should not go. I will go to Moscow to pay tribute to the thousands of Red Army soldiers who died liberating Slovakia from the Nazis.” — Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico.
Fico in response to Kallas who threatened serious consequences for anyone who attended the ceremony in Russia on the 9 May.