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Robert Fico and Aleksandar Vučić accept Vladimir Putin’s invitation to attend Victory Day celebrations

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was the lone EU leader to attend the Moscow military parade on Friday despite Brussels' warnings not to do so.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the "grandest" ever annual Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday, evoking the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II to rally support for his troops fighting in Ukraine.

For the Russian president, Victory Day is arguably the most important public holiday of the year. For the fourth time, the Moscow military parade will take place without high-level guests and with unprecedented security measures, as Russian authorities fear Kyiv might use the opportunity to attack.

Hard-right and far-right parties are riding high in polls across Europe but their electoral success conceals divisions which could become major sources of tension if they win power, according to analysts.

The rallies in Bratislava and five other cities are part of a wave of protests that was fuelled by Prime Minister Robert Fico's trip to Moscow in December for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Slovakia has passed legislation that critics consider detrimental for many nongovernmental organizations

Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed Russian troops fighting in Ukraine as "heroes" at last year's 9 May event.

Populist prime minister Robert Fico has reacted angrily to what he says were ‘disrespectful’ remarks made by European Union foreign policy chief