Andrej Babis, a billionaire and former Czech Republic prime minister, returned to power after securing a decisive victory in parliamentary elections. Photograph: Milan Jaros/ Bloomberg
Eurosceptic politicians and Russian officials have warmly welcomed Andrej Babis’ victory in Czech parliamentary elections, even as the billionaire admirer of US president Donald Trump denied that he would tilt Prague away from Brussels and towards Moscow.
Babis’s Ano party – whose name means “yes” in Czech and is also an abbreviation for the “action of dissatisfied citizens” – secured 80 seats in voting held on Friday and Saturday, well clear of the ruling centre-right Spolu coalition with 52 seats.
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