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Slovak Opposition Party Smer Wins Parliamentary Elections Gaining 23.6%

BRATISLAVA (Sputnik) - The opposition Direction – Social Democracy party (Smer), led by former Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, won the parliamentary elections with 23.58% of the vote, data from the Slovak Statistical Office showed on Sunday.
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At the moment, data from 95.75% of polling stations has been processed.
The second place with 16.37% of the votes is occupied by the Progressive Slovakia party, followed by the Voice – Social Democracy party, which received 15.22% of the votes.
Official election results are expected to be announced on Sunday afternoon.
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Robert Fico is known as a harsh critic of Slovakia's military supplies to Ukraine. He cites the poor condition of the Slovak armed forces and vows to stop arming Kiev. He does not hide his skepticism about Ukraine's chances to win even with NATO support and says that sending weapons to Kiev means prolonging the bloodshed.
Fico believes that the world is tired of the Kiev regime and of Volodymyr Zelensky personally, who was not even allowed to address the US Congress during his tour of Washington.
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