Media reported about the detention in Slovakia of a Ukrainian in connection with the threat of a coup d'état

Police in Slovakia have detained a Ukrainian citizen in connection with an alleged threat of a coup d'état in the country, the Dennikn daily Dennikn reported on January 30.

"One person is currently at the border department of the Alien Police, where [his] administrative expulsion is being carried out," Slovak police chief Jana Mashkarova said.

The country's Prime Minister Robert Fitzo earlier said that Slovakia has a "foreign-funded structure linked to the opposition that wants to abuse the right to protest." The politician added that the country is home to people who gained similar experience at rallies in Ukraine and Georgia.

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On January 22, Fitzo scheduled an emergency meeting of the Security Council for January 23 due to the fact that the country's intelligence services received information about the risk of overthrowing the government. At the time, the prime minister said that "foreign experts" had arrived in the country, who might try to carry out a coup d'état through civil disobedience.

Then, on Thursday, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini said during a meeting of the Security Council that a certain "group of people" was behind the financing of the planned protests in the country. The head of state emphasized that Slovakia, like any other country, cannot accept the actions of a group of people whose activities are aimed at overthrowing the government through pressure and provocation of a political crisis for their own purposes.

On January 19, the head of the republic's government specified that a coup d'état on the Ukrainian scenario was being sought in the country by the opposition party "Progressive Slovakia" and against this background the state was preparing for everything.