Russia has not been so hostile to the UK and the West since the end of the Cold War, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said, as he prepares to meet his counterpart in Moscow, according to the Daily Mail.
Montenegrin prosecutors began to mention Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in prosecution documents in the case of an attempted coup d'etat Moscow allegedly orchestrated, according to CrimeRussia.com
These are the covert surveillance photographs said to offer key proof Russian intelligence officers plotted a violent coup that would have ended in the assassination of a European leader, according to The Telegraph.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman instructed the State Emergency Service to provide the necessary assistance to the Government of Montenegro and deploy an An-32P firefighter plane to contribute to the efforts on tackling forest fires that have been raging in the country.
The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing Thursday on last year’s attempted coup in Montenegro, accusing Moscow of being behind the plot, according to Foreign Policy.
Dusko Markovic, the Prime Minister of Montenegro, said he was disappointed with Moscow's move on issuing an entry ban against his country’s politicians who had backed Montenegro’s accession to NATO, Europeiska Pravda reported citing CDM.me.
Ukraine, Montenegro, Albania and Norway have aligned themselves with the Council of Europe Decision on extending restrictive measures against Russia, that’s according to a declaration by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini on behalf of the EU.
Southeastern Europe is entering renewed crisis—and Moscow is fomenting more chaos at a dangerous time, John Schindler, who is a security expert and former National Security Agency analyst and counterintelligence officer, wrote in an op-ed for Observer, titled “We Need to Putin-Proof the Balkans.”
The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that the situation in Montenegro is now unfavorable for the Russians, as stated by ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, RIA Novosti reports.
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly backed the expansion of NATO to allow Montenegro to join the alliance, hoping to send a message that the United States will push back against Russian efforts to increase its influence in Europe, according to Reuters.