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It is believed that the plot was designed as a last-ditch attempt by the Montenegrin pro-Serbian and pro-Russian opposition to prevent Montenegro's accession to NATO,[5] a move stridently opposed by Russia's government that had issued direct threats to Montenegro concerning such eventuality.[6][7][8][9][10] This theory was re-affirmed by the court verdict handed down in 2019.[11]

On the eve of 16 October 2016, the day of the parliamentary election in Montenegro, a group of 20 Serbian and Montenegrin citizens, including the former head of Serbian Gendarmery Bratislav Dikić, were arrested;[12][13] some of them, along with other persons, including two Russian citizens, were later formally charged by the authorities of Montenegro with an attempted coup d'état. In early November 2016, Montenegro's special prosecutor for organised crime and corruption, Milivoje Katnić, alleged that "a powerful organisation" that comprised about 500 people from Russia, Serbia and Montenegro was behind the coup plot.[14] In February 2017, Montenegrin officials accused the Russian 'state structures' of being behind the attempted coup, which allegedly envisaged an attack on the country's parliament and assassination of prime minister Milo Đukanović.[15][16]

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait, you mean it's possible to just arrest people leading a coup? We need that in the US!

[–] grue 52 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pretty depressing that even Montenegro manages to arrest, convict and imprison their coup instigators faster then the US has.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is easier when you're a micronation. Like, you're going to see the dudes who did it at the pub, there's not that many places they can be.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Lousy excuses.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Gosh, who could have been behind that?

I guess we'll never know for sure!

[–] WaxedWookie 2 points 2 months ago

This was obviously Russian fuckery, but looking at any coup globally since WWII, the odds of CIA involvement are pretty goddamn high.

...now that I sound like I belong in hexbear, I'll see myself out.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was forty-something before I noticed Montenegro wasn't in south America lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I was mumble-something before there was an independent Montenegro.

It does have that ring to it, like Montevideo. I think what helps me is I heard so much once about Serbia and Montenegro that it's kind of become an association path to former Yugoslavia.