Podcast: Will Putin's Regime Collapse? And What 20 Years of Fico Tell Us About Slovakia

Slovak economists and political analysts Ivan Mikloš and Dalibor Roháč examine two major questions in a new episode of the Slovak political podcast 'Kde je sever?' (Where is North?): the prospects for the collapse of Vladimir Putin's authoritarian regime in Russia, and the lessons to be drawn from two decades of Robert Fico's dominance in Slovak politics. Fico, who leads Smer-SD, the ruling left-nationalist party, has been the central figure in Slovak politics since the mid-2000s, serving multiple terms as prime minister and shaping the country's political landscape. The podcast episode explores the long-term implications of his influence alongside broader geopolitical questions about Russia's political future.