Rostyslav Khotyn, an editor at Radio Svoboda and an international journalist, stated this on Espreso TV."It is clear that Orbán was happy about the victory of Babiš and his party and was the first of the foreign leaders to congratulate him. It is clear that Babiš and Orbán have a common faction in the European Parliament - Patriots for Europe. But it must be understood that there are big differences between Orbán and Babiš. That is, Babiš will not become a second Orbán, if only because he is not drifting in a pro-Russian direction. He has never praised Russia. He says that the reality is that Russia attacked Ukraine. In a telephone conversation with Zelenskyy, he admired the courage and bravery of Ukrainian soldiers on the front line," emphasized Khotyn.According to the international journalist, Babiš did not make visits to Moscow or cultivate personal ties with Putin, as Orbán does. He never opposed EU sanctions against Russia; on the contrary, he supported them. That is, on the Russian front, he was never carried to any extremes, as happens with Orbán or Fico in Slovakia. This is the big difference."Of course, Babiš, as a populist, authoritarian politician, may admire Orbán's 'strong hand.' The fact that he has been 'skillfully' ruling Hungary for a long time, influences European policy, is a prominent politician, and gets attention. Perhaps there are some personal sympathies. But the main thing is that the Czech Republic is not Hungary and not Slovakia. Even in these parliamentary elections, Babiš took first place. However, the second, third, and fourth places were taken by entirely pro-European, pro-NATO, pro-Ukrainian parties with a normal democratic orientation."The international journalist added that if Babiš forms a coalition, everything depends on with whom. If it is with the Motorists for Themselves party - this is a new political force that is populist and Eurosceptic, but not anti-Ukrainian.Even if they get the posts of defense or foreign affairs ministers, it will be acceptable for Ukraine. It is only important that the far-right party Freedom and Direct Democracy does not join the coalition with Babiš. This is a truly anti-European and anti-NATO party, which in the elections advocated for a referendum on the Czech Republic's withdrawal from NATO and the EU. It is absolutely against supporting Ukraine and has a clearly pro-Russian character. A very odious political force."But here President Petr Pavel comes into play, who stated that he will not give a mandate to form a coalition if it includes far-right forces - more precisely, those who oppose the fundamental principles of Czech foreign policy: membership in the EU and NATO.""So, if there is a minority government of Babiš or he forms a coalition with the Motorists, - that's normal. In parliament, he will rely on situational voting. So everything looks not so bad and not so dark. As one newspaper correctly wrote: 'A catastrophe did not happen, a tragedy did not happen,'" Khotyn summarized.On October 9, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a conversation with Andrej Babiš, the leader of the ANO party, which won the parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic.