said in a post on X. Robert Fico is a third-time premier and his leftist Smer, or Direction, party, won Slovakia's September 30 parliamentary elections.
According to the Associate Press, Fico's win staged his political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-American message. Critics worried Slovakia under Fico would abandon the country's pro-Western course and follow the direction of Hungary under populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
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