[HIGHLIGHTS] Pro-Ukrainian candidate loses: Pellegrini, close to the government, wins presidential election in Slovakia

Pro-Ukrainian candidate loses: Pellegrini, close to the government, wins presidential election in Slovakia. “Slovakia needs calm,” was Peter PellegRini’s campaign slogan.

He is using his success to strengthen the course of the pro-Russian head of government Robert Fico. In 2018, after Fico resigned following the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancé, Pel Legrini replaced him as head ofgovernment.