The Prosecutor’s office of Montenegro, the Russian Federation involved in the preparation of the coup

The Montenegrin government expects to receive from Moscow an explanation.

The Russian security services involved in the preparation of a coup in Montenegro, 16 Oct 2016. This statement was made by the special Prosecutor of the country Milivoje catnic the local broadcast channel.

According to the Prosecutor’s office of Montenegro, October 16, a group of conspirators planned the assassination of Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic. Among wanted on suspicion of involvement in the coup attempt was a citizen of Russia Eduard Shirokov.

According to the newspaper Vijesti, investigators have information that the Russian intelligence services were linked to the participants in the conspiracy. Conclusions based on the testimony of defendants and their negotiations.

Catnic argues that the motivation of the organizer of the coup attempt of Edward Shirokov, a real name which is Shishkanov was to prevent the accession of Montenegro to NATO.

The Prosecutor said that Shirokov in 2014 worked in the Russian Embassy in Poland and was deported for espionage, but then the Russian secret service gave him a new identity.

According to Katnic, Shirokov is a member of the Russian special services.

On the eve of the Daily Telegraph reported that the British government believe that Russia is secretly planning to overthrow the government in Montenegro after the murder at the time of the current Prime Minister, Milo Djukanovic. The newspaper writes that this information was obtained by British and American intelligence services.

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