Slovakia’s PM Urges, Threatens EU To Restart Ukraine Gas Deal

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has revealed that he’s not ruling out the resumption of gas through Ukraine following the expiration of a 5-year transit deal between Moscow and Kyiv. Fico has been pushing President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to restart the transit, citing higher energy costs for Slovakia and the whole region.  ‘‘The pipeline that runs through Slovakia has a capacity of 100 billion cubic meters,” Fico told reporters in Brussels on Thursday. “I want to do everything to ensure it is used in…