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\n Chairman of opposition “ANO” (YES) movement Andrej Babi\u0161 arrives to cast his ballot at a polling station in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on Friday. The populist billionaire won a parliamentary election on Saturday.
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PRAGUE \u2014 Billionaire Andrej Babi\u0161 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.<\/p>\n

That result could steer the country away from supporting Ukraine and toward Hungary and Slovakia, which have taken a pro-Russian path.<\/p>\n

With the results of 99.5% of the polling stations counted by the Statistics Office, Babi\u0161’ ANO (YES) movement captured 34.7% of the vote, soundly beating the Together conservative coalition of Prime Minister Petr Fiala that received 23.2%.<\/p>\n