Russia-friendly populist elected Slovak president
By Rob Cameron Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova. Mr Pellegrini, 48, defeated the pro-Western Ivan Korcok, a former diplomat, with 53% of the vote. A former prime minister, he is an ally of nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico, and shares the PM’s dovish attitude towards Russia. […]