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The authorities of Serbia did not expel any Russian citizens and did not discuss this topic during the visit of the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev in Belgrade. This was stated by the Serbian Minister of the Interior Neboish Stefanovich, RIA Novosti reports.

"I can say that all this is not true. Mr. Patrushev arrived in Serbia so that we talked about the development of our cooperation, the struggle against terrorism and extremism, cooperation in the struggle against organized crime and, of course, the continuation of our military-technical cooperation and cooperation in the field of emergency incidents. There was no question of any citizens, Serbia did not deport, and did not deport. There was a situation that someone left with Mr. Patrushev, who did not come with him.

Previously, Montenegro announced the arrest of a group of Serbs, who prepared after the elections on October 16 the seizure of parliament in Podgoritsa, as well as shooting at the opposition rally with the intention of provoking the assault on parliament. On Tuesday, Serbian Prime Minister Alexander Vucich confirmed this information, adding that terrorists planned their shares "in coordination with foreigners."

“There are irrefutable evidence that certain persons followed the prime minister of Montenegro literally and informed other people about it, who were supposed to act in accordance with their instructions. We found 125 thousand euros, special uniforms, and other things. We followed the prime minister of Montenegro with the help of the most modern equipment” - cites the Serbian Prime Minister Kommersant.

The very next day after the statement of Vuchich, Patrushev arrived in Belgrade. The official purpose of the visit, which was not announced in advance, was announced preparations for the signing of the memorandum of understanding in the field of security between Moscow and Belgrade.

On Thursday, the last day of Patrushev’s stay in Belgrade, the Serbian media reported that a group of Russian citizens involved in the preparation of the seizure of state institutions of Montenegro was sent from the country. Serbian officials did not refute this information. "Local experts are convinced that the main purpose of the visit is the discussion of the" Montenegrin case "and an attempt to prevent a scandal in Russian -Serbian relations," Kommersant noted.

During the visit, Patrushev met with President Tomislav Nikolich, Vucic, the chapters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. All negotiations were held in strictly closed mode. At the end of the visit, only a short message appeared. "It is stated that the security services of Russia and Serbia are successfully cooperating," it said.

On Friday, the press attaches of the Russian embassy in Belgrade, Yuri Pichugin, said that reports of the expulsion of Russian citizens who allegedly prepared terrorist attacks in Montenegro are not true. "There were no official notifications of the Serbian side to the embassy. We do not have additional information on these speculations of the media," the diplomat said.