The frontrunner in Slovakia elections made it abundantly clear that he would not unquestioningly follow the US dictate if elected The Slovak Social Democracy (SMER-SD) party has taken a major lead in the parliamentary elections held on Saturday, with official results from most of the districts showing it over 6 percentage points ahead of its liberal pro-Western…

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Russia should choose a new name for the Gulf of Finland, a member of the State Duma said on Wednesday, citing tensions with the neighboring state.  Oleg Nilov, an MP from the left-wing ‘A Just Russia – For Truth’ party, blasted the “provocations coming from formerly neutral Finland,” accusing the Nordic neighbor of promoting “hatred against…