Alexander Kuranov. There are four cardinal directions, and not only the West, most of the world's problems can be solved only with the participation of Russia, said on Sunday the Slovak Prime Minister Robert fico, a speech in Bratislava TV TA3. "When I look at the map of our planet, we see four directions of the world, not just the West," said fico.- "most of the world's problems, for example, the nuclear program of Iran or the Syrian crisis cannot be resolved without Russia's participation ". Reacting to published two days ago an open letter 70 prominent Slovak commissioners of the public protesting against as if "Pro-Russian" orientation of the present Cabinet, the Prime Minister said that " intellectuals don't care that the country might lose (as a result of anti-Russian sanctions) hundreds of millions of euros, but I economic desires Slovakia cannot ignore ". "Russia is our important partner, relationship development which cannot be ignored - notice fico.- And my attitude towards anti-Russian sanctions is well known, I do not hide. If they harm Slovakia, this means I firmly oppose them." Referring to adopted Russian sanctions list regarding the number of Western politicians And diplomats, Robert fico said that some time ago the EU approved the List of Russian citizens, who are denied entry to the West, so now we should not be surprised that the other side goes to such measures. The Prime Minister said that he did not raise before the Russian leaders a question about the show on the television channel "Russia-1" a documentary about the events of 1968 in Czechoslovakia, on the question of which is the Republic's foreign Ministry expressed protest to the Russian side due to a distortion of the historical reality movie. According to fico, he realized during the negotiations in the Russian capital on the position of Bratislava informed." for this reason, there was no point to further focus during the visit, which showed some TV, " added the Prime Minister. Relations between Russia And the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. Before the US And EU has imposed punishment on a number of Russian Residents, they are prohibited from entering the EU because of their positions on Crimea And Ukraine. Over the past year the sanctions List, many times replenished with new individuals And legal entities. Summer 2014 was added And sectoral economic penalties. In response, Russia restricted imports of food items from States that have entered against her punishment: USA, EU, Canada, Australia And Norway. Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, When expanded sanctions List of the USA. The list of Russian citizens And organizations who have fallen under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news