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Billionaire populist Andrej Babis’ party won Czech Republic’s parliamentary election with 34.7% of the vote, defeating the current pro-Ukraine government.

Victory could shift Czech foreign policy away from supporting Ukraine toward Hungary and Slovakia’s more pro-Russian stance.

Babis needs coalition partners to govern, probably anti-immigrant parties that oppose EU sanctions on Russia and Ukrainian refugee support.

PRAGUE — Billionaire Andrej Babis became another populist leader in Central Europe to stage a political comeback by winning big in the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election, according to nearly complete results Saturday.

That result could steer the country away fr

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