Blow for the West as pro-Putin candidate elected as president in key Ukraine ally & Nato nation Slovakia

PRO-Putin candidate Peter Pellegrini has won Slovakia’s presidential elections in a major blow for the West. Pellegrini, 48, who will now rule the key Ukraine ally and NATO nation, has a dovish attitude towards Russia and rose to power with a Moscow-friendly rhetoric. 9 Peter Pellegrini gives a speech to the members of media after winning the presidential election Credit: Getty 9 Pellegrini shares a dovish approach towards Putin’s Russia Credit: Reuters 9 Supporters of Slovakia's presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini react to preliminary results of the country's presidential election, at his headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia Credit: Reuters 9 The populist…