Montenegro: Russia involved in attempted coup
Source: CNN
Montenegro's chief special prosecutor has told a local TV station authorities believe Russian security services were involved in a plot to kill the country's then-prime minister and overthrow the government last October.
Milivoje Katnic said Montenegro officials have evidence that Russia's Federal Security Service was involved in the failed coup, according to his statements Sunday on Atlas TV. The allegation drew an immediate rebuke and denial from Russian officials.
Katnic said the plot was an attempt to stop Montenegro from joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO.
Becoming an official member of NATO would be significant for Montenegro because, under the alliance's charter, any attack on Montenegro would be seen as an attack on all NATO members.
The ratification process for Montenegro to join NATO is in its final stages, according to NATO.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/21/europe/montenegro-attempted-coup-accusation/index.html
Folks, this is serious. Montenegro is a tiny country, one of the countries that comprised the former Yugoslavia before it broke up. It sits on the Adriatic Sea, with excellent deep water ports that Russia would love to have. And it is only a short ferry ride across the Adriatic from the heel of the boot of Italy. We're basically talking the middle of Europe--it's that little red square on the map below:
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