Coup Russians in Montenegro

Russian nationalists were the drivers of a failed attempt at a coup in Montenegro.

According Katnic was included the intention to liquidate the pro-Western Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic. For this, the conspirators wanted to engage a professional sniper.

The plan ultimately failed. Police arrested on election day approximately twenty suspects. It's people with the Serbian and Montenegrin nationality, but the prosecution says it has evidence that two Russian nationalists were behind the alleged plot.

It is unclear where the two Russians have been or where the evidence consists of. The suspects wanted to prevent, according to the prosecutor that the Balkan state would join would tighten up NATO and its ties with the European Union.