Milan Knežević was left by his mother last week. The political one, Mother Russia. And he acts like an angry orphan. Left next to the container of justice and politics, in the hope that it is not completely discarded. That's why neither Zheleznyakov, nor Putin, nor Mother Russia is to blame. Aleksandar Vučić is not to blame either. Someone Ivica Dacic is to blame for that, whom he calls on "when the concert in Budva is over" to "declare the verdict against Serbian citizens". And Dacic is falsifying, not singing to Milan's ears. Strange things in judgment that they will consider carefully. Someday.
Andrija Mandić continues to act like those 2 in 1 mixtures - detergent and fabric softener at the same time. Detergent for the Montenegrin authorities when they use nationalist rhetoric and rhetoric about the protection of Serbian interests in Montenegro to wash away all criminal-corruption affairs and activities of the Montenegrin authorities. A softener for the nationalist hawks in Vučić's progressive flock. It is enough for the Serbian president to send him a plane and to ease his soul at the military parade in Nis:
"It was very important for me to tell him (Vučić) personally, and to him, and to Milorad Dodik, that Milo Đukanović and his brother are behind those verdicts, who cannot be friends of Serbia and Republika Srpska". Or, for Vučić to pay several hundred thousand euros into the account of the Serbian House.
Just so there is no confusion - I'm only talking about politics here. Decisions in law require facts.
And in the verdict for attempted terrorism, in which judge Suzana Mugoša appreciates that the official visits of the DF leader to Russia were used as "part of conspiracism, secrecy and cover-up" in order to coordinate the activities of a criminal organization during their breaks - citing as an example the testimony of Predrag Bulatović and Knežević that they entered in contact with the DF political advisor Aron Shaviv outside the protocol - I see assumptions, not many facts.
The political speeches of the DF leader on the eve of the October 2016 parliamentary elections cannot be taken as facts either, as the same Higher Court did not, which was later confirmed by the Appellate Court, when in 2017 it acquitted Mandić and Slaven Radunović of charges of violently changing the constitutional order. because at the protest on October 24, 2015, among other things, the sounds of the song "the government is falling" were heard, stating "the matter must be brought to an end", "another 10 minutes and we no longer take responsibility"...
However, this verdict is only the beginning of a ballad that will continue for a long time on the home ground with the potential to further complicate the already bad political situation.
Outside, things are much clearer. Moscow is silent, Belgrade is silent, London punishes Moscow, Washington balances due to geopolitical interests.
No one mentions the convicted DF leaders as if they were not alive. DF has become involved in geopolitical games that it is not capable of handling. And now he's paying the price.
While Belgrade's behavior can be interpreted as a matter of personal and business relations between Đukanović and Vučić, Moscow has no need to make noise.
She is comfortable in Montenegro. Support for Russia in Montenegro increased by 20 percent from 2013 to 2018, according to the Washington-based NDI "Western Balkans between East and West" research.
Ignoring the deep-seated awareness of the closeness of the two nations, which was propagated by the top of the DPS while rubbing his chin over the rubles and the fact that without Russia there would be no Montenegro Petrović, the Montenegrin regime spokesmen contributed to this percentage of support by blaming Russia for all the bad things. Like that Iranian general who accused Israel of a dry year because it "steals their clouds".
And as long as certain representatives of the West insult the intelligence of the average citizen by praising Đukanović and his government, which represent the negation of all Western values, here, it seems to me, things are very simple.
When you join NATO, its members will make sure that someone who will or who could threaten their interests never comes to power. Especially in the current constellation of relations on the geopolitical map.
Montenegro is no exception here. Let's recall, for example, the political history of Italy in the period of the so-called Strategies of tension from 1958 to 1980.
The Communist Party of Italy, in the mentioned period, although occasionally the strongest party, never managed to come to power in that NATO member.
For decades, the Christian Democrats ruled Italy, despite numerous scandals related to crime and corruption.
The government of the Christian Democratic Party protected the so-called the anti-communist headquarters of Italian politics, which consisted of businessmen, the mafia, the church and the Western services, occasionally even carrying out incompetent actions and actions contrary to the interests of their countries, as shown by the discussion at the US Congressional committee in the early 70s.
The closest the communists came to power was in the 1976 elections, when under the leadership of Enrico Berlinguer they distanced themselves from Moscow, recognized Italy's membership in NATO, and were on the verge of a historic agreement with a part of the Democrats led by Aldo Moro. However, the seductive "Eurocommunism", present in some other countries of Europe, was not liked not only by Washington, but also by Moscow.
In theory, such examples, like Italy, are called "protecting democracy", which in a broader sense implies the obstruction of "non-institutional" parties from participating in elections, getting close to power or winning it, by all means.
The Italian and British media have written a lot about the documents and plans of the Foreign Office, the CIA, the discussions in the Congressional committees dedicated to the events in the Apennines, which have been declassified. As will be written about the role of Mandić, Knežević, Katnić and others from the soap opera "coup d'etat" when, in a few decades, some of the circle of democratic countries remove the secrecy mark from the documents of their ministries, directorates, agencies...
Theorists concluded that, in the conditions of the Cold War and such relations on the political scene, the democratic process in Italy was limited, that Italian society did not have the social and political capital to overcome problems on its own.
These things, it seems to me, should be clear to everyone who deals with politics in Montenegro, and especially to the opposition parties as direct actors.
At this moment, Mandić and Knežević only have to learn a lesson - hard for the one who is defended by Russia and fed by Serbia.
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