The shadow of the formidable

In Montenegro at the trial of a coup attempt in 2016, the name of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov appears in indictment acts. This was reported by Izvestia with reference to a letter addressed to Sergei Lavrov accused, leaders of the Prossenskaya Party "Democratic Front" by Milan Knezhevich and Andriy Mandich.

According to prosecutors, Kadyrov campaigned the leaders of the Muslim community in Montenegro for cooperation with the Demcont with the aim of changing the current government.

"Since last week, the name of Ramzan Kadyrov began to appear in the indictments at the court. This is a way to discredit Demphrost, who tried to establish economic and cultural cooperation with Chechnya. This is an attempt to bring to the end a crazy conspiracy theory about the" Russian trace "in the Montenegrin elections," Knezhevich said.

"We also ask the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation to confirm that the accused Russian citizens Eduard Shishmakov and Vladimir Popov were never detained by the Serbian special services in the case of the preparation of the coup, as the Chernogorsky prosecutor claims," ​​Mandich said.

In October last year in Montenegro, an attempt by the coup was prevented, the murder of Prime Minister Milo Dzhukanovich was planned. The Chernogorsk prosecutor's office accuses the Russian authorities of involvement in the crime. The Montenegrin authorities issued a warrant of two Russians - Shishmakov (pseudonym Shirokov) and Popov.

On May 24, a court began in Montenegro in the case of an attempt by a pro -Russian coup in the country . The indictment states that the shishmaks and Popovs, who had been put on the search for Shishmaks and Popov, led a criminal organization created on the territory of Montenegro, Serbia and Russia. Popov is called the GRU agent. The accusations were also brought against citizens of Serbia and Montenegro, including Mandich and Knezhevich.

On November 1, a key witness in the case of an attempt by a coup, a citizen of Serbia Sasha Sinfelich testified in court , calling the main organizer of Shishmakov’s operation. Sindelich told the court that he received orders and money directly from him. According to the witness, the Russian demanded to deliver barbed wire, tear gas, gas masks, slingshots with metal balls, handcuffs and other equipment that was supposed to be used in the assault on state institutions.