(12.November) Mr. Babis, 59, a blunt-spoken Slovak food, media and chemicals mogul with a Czech passport and properties in the French Riviera, is being forced to grapple with a murky past. Prague, the Czech capital, is buzzing with talk of secret files code-named “Soldier” and “Eye” that purport to expose him as a Communist-era secret police agent, an allegation he denies.