Pro-Russian Czech president to face liberal in run-off: poll body

Pro-Russian Czech incumbent Milos Zeman clinched pole position in the presidential election paving his way to a run-off against pro-European runner-up Jiri Drahos on January 26-27, near full results showed Saturday. 

Zeman secured 38.88 percent of votes cast after 98.30 percent of votes were counted  from the election held on Friday and Saturday, while Drahos garnered 26.44, the Czech Statistics Office said.

Source: AFP