Well How About That! Pro-Russian President Has Been Reelected by Czechs for a 2nd Term
The dinosaurs are back that's how we could carry on Berlusconi’s story. In the Czech Republic in the presidential election on Saturday, and they ran the 2nd round of elections, Miloš Zeman, the acting president of the country, wins the term.
Miloš Zeman: "This is my last political victory I won’t be defeated a single time after it".
The youth voted for him, he was supported by the Czech provinces. Prague is somewhat disappointed, but it doesn’t have a role at the moment.
Miloš Zeman graduated from the University of economics in Prague. He had worked many different jobs for 20 years until he went into politics – he took the lead of the Civil Forum, he was elected into the Parliament, and then became the PM of the Czech Republic — the top position in the political hierarchy. It was in 1998.
As a prime minister he brought the country into NATO, built a nuclear power plant, made a standing professional army, and launched a widespread privatization program. “He sold everything at rock-bottom prices,” critics used to say. One way or the other, Zeman lost the presidential election in 2003, and changes politics for the quiet life of a retired man. after the 10-year pause, in 2013 he runs for the presidency in the first direct all-nation elections of the Czech president and wins the term.
He speaks Russian fluently. He's an atheist. He has two children.
In 2015 he arrived to Moscow to honor the anniversary of the victory. And took along 150 Czech businessmen. He answers the Crimean "question" simply.
Miloš Zeman: "If we try to seize Crimea and return it to Ukraine, Europe will face war".
Here is a couple of typical Zeman’s quotes, matching the portrait of re-elected Czech president.
"The Soviet Union had its political prisoners, but the Russian authorities do not imprison people for political reasons, including Mikhail Khodorkovsky. I don't believe that Khodorkovsky was a political prisoner, who travelled around Russia in the 90s with his packages filled with millions in cash. I would rather think of him as a thief. I have a dream that in the long run the Russian Federation will be the EU member. If you don't like this, think that the EU is joining the Russian Federation. But the outcome will be the same".
Here he is, Miloš Zeman. Vladimir Putin congratulated him on being re-elected as Czech president in a telegram in which he characterized him as an experienced and responsible politician, able to turn into reality the interests and aspirations of Czech people.