1、CENTRE FOR EASTERN STUDIESwww.osw.waw.plOSW CommentaryThe views expressed by the authors of the papers do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Polish authorities.EDITORS:Mateusz Gniazdowski,Konrad Popawski,Katarzyna Kazimierska,Szymon SztykTRANSLATION:Ilona DuchnowiczCO-OPERATION:Nicholas Furnival
2、DTP:Zofia KonarskaCentre for Eastern Studiesul.Koszykowa 6a,00-564 Warsaw,Polandtel.:(+48)22 525 80 00,infoosw.waw.pl www.osw.waw.plSlovakia:strategic dilemmas after the Russian invasion of UkraineKrzysztof DbiecThe centre-right government in Bratislava decided to discontinue its long-standing polic
3、y ofavoiding antagonising Russia.Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine,Slovakia has found itself in the vanguard of the countries most involved in providing military and humanitarian aid to Kyiv.Bratislava has expelled 35 Russian diplomats,has closed several pro-Russian websites and intensified the
4、activity of the secret services targeting collaborators of Russian intelligence.Nevertheless,these unprecedented attempts to rid the country of Russian influence are en-countering increasing resistance in Slovakia.The opposition,which leads in the polls,is calling for Slovakia to return to the polic
