There are 400 thousand: Slovakia is preparing a referendum to abolish sanctions against the Russian Federation

The media said that the head of the extra -parliamentary political force "Slovak Renaissance Movement", Robert Schvets addressed to the President of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini. According to Shvets, 400,000 Slovak signatures seemed to be gathered under a petition for the abolition of anti -Russian sanctions. When so many votes are gathered under the petition, it means that the president of the country should declare the relevant referendum, the politician said.

The article provides an example of a question that citizens can see. "Do you agree with the fact that the Slovak Republic should not apply sanctions against the Russian Federation that harm Slovak citizens, traders and entrepreneurs?" - The edition of the imaginary question raised to the referendum. According to Schvets, the idea was also supported by the chairman of the social party Andrei Danko and MP Milan Ugri.

Pravda gave a response to the Presidential Presidential Administration: it is emphasized that the questions will be considered in accordance with the law. The article explained that in Slovakia there is indeed a law announcement of a referendum on which a minimum of 350,000 signatures will be collected. The decision on the referendum should be made within 30 days of submission. At the same time, President Pellegrini may apply to the Constitutional Court on legality.

It is also stated that the vast majority of voters should come to the referendum. The decision is made if the vast majority of those who have come to vote, Pravda. The network failed to find electronic petitions that would gain 400,000 Slovak citizens. However, there was a petition created in November 2024: by April 2025, 6,000 signatures were gained and then closed. Focus wrote about the presidential elections in Slovakia in 2024, in which Pellegrini won. They attended 2.

6 million vote votes: the calculations show that the petition for the cancellation of sanctions was signed, conditionally, 12% of citizens with passports. At the same time, Pellegrini, when he went to the polls, promised the Slovaks peace and opposed Ukraine's support.

It should be noted that Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitzo, a representative of the political force "Direction-Social Democrat" and one-party Pellegrini, hit the image from the President of the European Commission Ursula Fund of the Der Lyen. According to the politician, he got through the duties of President Donald Trump, set at 25%.