Leaders of Montenegro’s main opposition alliance, the Democratic Front, are visiting Russia for the first time since the alleged coup attempt in 2016 – which they and Russia are accused of planning.
On the second anniversary of the alleged coup attempt in Montenegro – which Russia is suspected of organising – leaders of the country’s main pro-Russian opposition alliance have visited Moscow.
Democratic Front leaders Andrija Mandic and Milan Knezevic, alongside several Serbian citizens, are still on trial for plotting to take over parliament and assassinate the then-prime minister, Milo Djukanovic, before the October 2016 election.
Their alleged aim was to get rid of the country’s pro-Western government and stop Montenegro from joining NATO.
Two Russians, believed to be members of the Russian intelligence agency, GRU, allegedly organised the conspiracy on behalf of Russia.
“Andrija Mandic and Milan Knezevic emphasize that they are proud of their political struggle, for which they have been persecuted for two years, because it is based on respecting the desire of a clear majority of the Montenegrin people for ‘the best possible relations with Russia’,” the press release of the Democratic Front, DF, said.
It added that this makes them more decisive in their determination to preserve the spiritual and historical connections of the two peoples.
It is their first official visit to Russia since they got their passports back from the court in Montenegro in June 2017.
On Tuesday in Moscow they met head of the International Slavic Academy of Science, Education, Art and Culture, Sergei Nikolaevich Baburun, and signed a agreement on cooperation, the DF press release said.
It also added that they were invited to attend the All-Orthodox Assembly of the People in November.
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