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 . “State authorities revealed that a criminal group had been formed on the territories of Montenegro, Serbia and Russia with a task to commit an act of terrorism,” he said. 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 , 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 .