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This commentary examines the Slovakian government's ambiguous foreign policy stance towards Russia. More specifically, it looks at how Prime Minister Robert Fico's government accepted EU sanctions targeting Russia and the plan for strengthening NATO's eastern flank on the one hand, while maintaining close political relations with the Kremlin on the other. The authors argue that despite pro-Russian gestures, Slovakia has been reducing the number of areas in which Moscow could exert pressure on Bratislava and predict a decline in cooperation opportunities between the two countries.