Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitso today ruled out the possibility of resigning, as tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Bratislava protesting the government shift to Russia yesterday.

About 60,000 people participated in a demonstration in the capital, according to organizers. Local media reported that almost 100,000 were protesters across the country, in the largest anti -government demonstrations after Fitso again took over the prime minister in 2023.

The demonstrations were organized after Fitso traveled to Moscow in December to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“The government can only change with elections,” Fitso said today in an interview on public television when asked about the demonstrations.

Fitso’s left-national-nationalist government accuses its political opponents of planning to escalate mobilizations in an effort to overthrow the government. Citing intelligence information, Fitso claimed, without showing evidence, that there was a team of unnamed “experts” in Slovakia who helped mobilize against a pro -Russian leader in Ukraine in 2014 and Georgia last year. Today he said that there is a list of expulsion of individuals, without giving further clarification.

Prime Minister’s critics say it weakens democratic values ​​and removed from the country’s allies in the EU and NATO, approaching Russia.

The Mier Ukrajine (“Peace in Ukraine”) organization that organized Friday’s mobilizations is planning new demonstrations for February 7.

Fitso also defended the government’s foreign policy, saying that he seeks to have good relations with all sides.