Close ally of populist prime minister Robert Fico claimed 53.85% of vote, beating pro-Western opposition Ivan Korčok

Pellegrini’s victory cemented Fico’s grip on power by giving him and his allies control of major strategic posts. The new government immediately halted any arms deliveries to Ukraine.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 months ago

    The fact that so many governments seem to be mostly ok with taking a hands-off approach to regulating social media electoral disinformation and propaganda - especially when it’s clearly being coordinated and pushed by hostile actors - is baffling. Putin and Xi will happily destroy western society using our own tools… and we’re letting him do it. We’ve tried nothing, and we’re all out of ideas.