Newsweek: Exclusive: Russian Military Spies Backed Attempt to Assassinate Leader of Montenegro, Report Says
Russia’s rivalry with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) runs deep. But would the Kremlin try to assassinate a democratically elected leader to stop a country from joining the alliance?
According to investigators and researchers digging into an alleged coup attempt in Montenegro, a tiny European country that lies along the Mediterranean, that is exactly what Russia did two years ago.
A new report by the Foreign Policy Research Institute reveals new details about an ongoing investigation into an attempt to topple Montenegro’s government on the eve of parliamentary elections on October 16, 2016. Investigators say Russia was to blame.
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Update: Hanging by a Thread: Russia's Strategy of Destabilization in Montenegro (Foreign Policy Research Institute).
WNU Editor: Like all things about the Balkans, I learned decades ago to be very suspicious on all the news that comes out of that region. Is the above report true .... I do not know. Is it possible that it is true .... definitely.
