When the ambassador visited Ladomirova, he met with Mr. Cuper’s bitter rival, a former mayor whom Mr. Cuper had accused of embezzling village funds and who was convicted of fraud in 2019.
The former mayor’s wife, Olga Bojcikova, who declined to be interviewed, was at the time running against Mr. Cuper, who was backed by pro-Ukrainian parties, in the local election last October.
The ambassador’s story of “razed” Russian graves, though debunked by the police, was, Mr. Cuper recalled, “blown out of all proportion” by Kremlin-friendly Slovaks, particularly the Brat za Brata bikers.
Mr. Cuper said he never touched the graves but had removed stone border markers because they were falling apart.
The cemetery contains the unidentified bodies of soldiers from various countries, including Russia, killed in a World War I battle.
Persons:
Ladomirova, Cuper’s, Cuper, Olga Bojcikova, “, ” “, ”, Maros Zilinka
Organizations:
Mr, Kremlin, Facebook
Locations:
Russia, United States