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Authored by Mike Shedlock: Peter Pellegrini, a pro-Russia candidate is elected President of Slovakia. Prime Minister Robert Fico is also pro-Russia. The EU further splinters.
Pellegrini Wins Slovak Presidential Election
Reuters reports Pellegrini Wins Slovak Presidential Election in Boost for Pro-Russian PM Fico
Slovak nationalist-left government candidate Peter Pellegrini won the country’s presidential election on Saturday, cementing the grip of pro-Russian Prime Minister Robert Fico over the country.
Fico, who took power for the fourth time last October, has turned the country’s foreign policy to more pro-Russian views and initiated reforms of criminal law and the media.
Pellegrini, 48, said his victory meant the government would have support in its aims, and not face an “opposition, opportunistic power centre” in reference to outgoing president Zuzana Caputova.
The independent Korcok, 60, was Slovakia’s envoy to the EU and later ambassador to the U.S., before taking the foreign affairs portfolio in centre-right governments in 2021-2022. At the time, Slovakia was a staunch ally of Ukraine, providing it with air defence and fighter jets.
Pellegrini has portrayed Korcok as a warmonger for his support for arming Ukraine and suggesting he could take Slovak troops into the war in the neighbouring country.