Slovakia asks Ukraine for 'friendly gestures' on Russian gas flows

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Last month, a Ukrainian government official said Kyiv's status as a candidate for EU membership required granting other countries access to gas flows, while Ukraine also needed help from countries such as Slovakia to guarantee its electricity supplies.
46% : The same person said a supply deal with Azerbaijan would allow Ukraine and EU importers to maintain greater distance from Moscow.
38% : "Freedom came to Slovakia from the east, and absolutely nothing can be changed about this truth," he said.EU countries began to cut their dependency on Russian energy following its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
31% : Slovak education minister Tomáš Drucker defended his government's criticism of EU sanctions on Russia and accused Germany and others of ignoring loopholes used by their own exporters to access the Russian market.

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