iStock/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Russia has denied that “Russian state bodies” were invovled in an attempted coup in Montenegro according to a BBC News report. The plotters were allegedly targeting the Balkan state’s Prime Minister, Milo Djukanovic.
Serb paramilitaries and Russian nationalists were blamed in a series of more than 20 arrests in October 2016 before Montenegro’s elections. Prosecutor Mlilvoje Katnic is urging Russian authorities to investigate what happened.
Katnic claims a Russian military figure is behind the alleged plot, aiming to prevent Montenegro from joining NATO.
Montenegro could join NATO this year, but an opposition alliance is calling for a referendum on the decision.
Russia has called the claims unsubstantiated.
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