Russian nationalists were behind the assassination attempt of Montenegro 's Prime Minister Milo Ðukanović and a plot to carry out a coup , said Montenegro 's special prosecutor , Milivoje Katnic : " We do n't have any evidence that the state of Russia is involved in any sense ... but we have evidence that two nationalists from Russia were organisers , " said [UNK] . The plotters were accused of trying to bring a pro - Russian government into power . As we noted last month , Ðukanović warned Russia was providing financial backing to pro - Russian opposition parties looking to reverse the process of its integration with the EU and/or Nato . Russia is actively trying to stop its Balkan neighbours from Europeanising their economies .
Russian nationalists were behind the assassination attempt of Montenegro's Prime Minister Milo Ðukanović and a plot to carry out a coup, says Montenegro's special prosecutor, Milivoje Katnic: "We don't have any evidence that the state of Russia is involved in any sense... but we have evidence that two nationalists from Russia were organisers," said Katnic. The plotters stand accused of trying to bring a pro-Russian government into power. As we noted last month, Ðukanović warned Russia was providing financial backing to pro-Russian opposition parties looking to reverse the process of its integration with the EU and/or Nato. Russia is actively trying to stop its Balkan neighbours from Europeanising their economies.