The 2016 Coup Attempt in Montenegro: Is Russia’s Balkans Footprint Expanding? Dimitar Bechev April 12, 2018 Eurasia Program Executive Summary On October 15, 2016, the day before Montenegro’s hotly contested legislative elections, Podgorica authorities thwarted an alleged coup attempt. Asserting that the conspirators aimed to prevent Montenegro’s imminent NATO accession, they blamed Moscow as the m
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