An organisation calling itself "Slovak Recruits", which is viewed by the Interior Ministry as a militant group, has been giving lectures in schools and even training children to shoot blanks from guns, but the police haven't taken any action against it, according to the Pravda daily. Young people have been attracted to special camps, where they are trained in surviving in the wild and fighting in partisan-type exercises. Slovak Recruits makes no secret of its activities. Its exercises are described in detail on the internet. At the end of September, for example, its members practised deployment from a helicopter and leading counter-attacks on enemy positions. Among those training the young members are a serving professional soldier called Michal Feling. Another member of the group is known to have joined the pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine. The Slovak Armed Forces claim that they've been monitoring the activities of Michal Feling and are considering expelling him from the army. Chairman and founder of Slovak Recruits Peter Svrcek claims that the group rejects fascism and Nazism, but a number of its members regularly appear at rallies organised by right-wing radicals.
The police have stressed that they've been keeping tabs on such groups but have been prevented from taking any action due to the law. Interior Ministry extremism expert Daniel Milo has conceded that such groups beyond the control of the state present a security risk, but agreed that they haven't actually broken the law. Security expert Ivo Samson stated that it is up to Parliament to pass new legislation concerning this area.
