Populist-led Slovakia and Hungary — both EU members — have sought to maintain political ties with Russia“I want to say openly that we are extremely interested in standardization of relations between the Slovak Republic and the Russian Federation,” Fico saidMOSCOW: Slovakia wants to normalize its relations with Moscow and is increasing imports of Russian gas through the TurkStream pipeline, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico told Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.The comments clashed with the position of the European Union, which is seeking to wean itself off Russian energy imports to