Harnwell: Attempted Assassination Of Pro-Moscow Slovak Prime Minister. Who Was Behind It?!

VIDEO SYNTHESIS / Robert Fico, the left-leaning pro-Russian populist prime minister of Slovakia, who was returned to office for the third time last October, was shot five times today. While the full story behind the 71 year-old suspect presently in custody will take time to emerge, what can be affirmed right now is this — the economic and social crises that have resulted from the war in Ukraine are bringing forth an unmanageable tension. Given the escalating vicious rhetoric directed at specifically populist figures — not to mention the climate of fear and terror the EU’s leaders are whipping up against Russia and her western allies — today’s violence is a sign of the times, if not of things to come.

Sources:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/shooting-after-slovak-government-meeting-tasr-agency-reports-2024-05-15/

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/pope-francis-catholic-church-china/678372/

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Aired On: 05/16/24