Nikolai Patrushev
The Secretary of security Council of Russia Nikolay Patrushev has not apologized to Montenegro for attempted coup d’état committed the alleged Russian nationalists. About TASS said the press service of the security Council on Friday, November 11.
Patrushev “to no one apologized, because,” said the Agency interlocutor. He commented on the publication by The Guardian of 11 November, in which, with reference to sources reported that the purpose of Patrushev’s visit to Serbia at the end of October has been an attempt to resolve the situation with the alleged deported Russians were preparing a coup in Montenegro. During the trip, wrote the publication, he apologized for the incident.
Trip to Serbia was planned, said in the security Council. In Belgrade Patrushev held consultations on strategic security issues, in particular, discussed the prospects of Russian-Serbian dialogue in the field of security and struggle against terrorism.
“The internal situation in the countries of the Balkan region were not discussed neither in the consultations nor during the meetings with the Prime Minister and President of Serbia”, — said the press service of the Ministry.
6 November, the special state Prosecutor of Montenegro Milivoj Katnic said that the investigation has no proofs of participation of the Russian authorities to the coup attempt in the country. Under the version of law enforcement bodies of Montenegro, the criminal group who planned the coup, consisted of 50 people, including citizens of Russia.
October 27, the Belgrade newspaper Danas, citing sources, reported that a few Russians were expelled from Serbia for the preparation of terrorist acts. The head of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Serbia nebojša stefanović has denied this information. The Russian foreign Ministry said that “otherwise, as absolute fiction to call it impossible”.