In the Czech Republic, the Defence Industry Targeted by the Favourite in the Parliamentary Elections

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As a candidate for the legislature in the Czech Republic, populist billionaire Andrej Babis stopped denouncing "the reckless sums" paid to the country's armament groups, which have flourished since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.

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Parliamentary elections in a small Central European country would normally be ostentatiously ignored by the world media, but this year's is different. The Czech Republic has earned respect on the international stage thanks to its ammunition initiative. And now Washington, Kiev and Moscow are asking themselves a burning question: will Prague continue to procure artillery shells for Ukraine?