Interrogated Andrej Mešerski: "He said that he was making everything up, but that it was true that the police officers asked him for money"

Russian citizen Andrej Mešerski (54) claimed two days ago in the High Prosecutor's Office that he is a writer of crime novels, that he came to Montenegro to create and that he told people lies about his criminal activities, to see how they would react.

At the beginning of September, that fifty-four-year-old man reported to the police that four men from Montenegro allegedly asked him for money in order to make him a fake passport, and then knocked on his door, introduced themselves as police officers, showed him a fake travel document and threatened to arrest him with a gun. if he does not give them another 100.000 euros.

Andrej Mešerski, who was allegedly asked for 100.000 euros by the fake police officers, was heard at the High Prosecutor's Office.

The defense attorneys of the suspects, lawyers Ratko Pantović and Srđa Lješković, told "Vijesta" that the interrogation of the Russians lasted for five hours.

During that time, he claimed before the prosecutor Danko Ivanović Đerić that he did not ask the suspects for a fake, but for a regular Slovenian travel document.

"He gave a statement and his view of everything. He said that he came to Montenegro to write books and that he normally writes detective novels. He told the prosecutor that he liked to tell lies to Montenegrins, including my clients, to see how they would react. He also said that normally he makes everything up, but that it is true that they asked him for money. He repeated part of the statement given to the Kotor police, but he denied in front of the prosecutor that he had asked for a fake passport, claiming that he wanted regular documents from Slovenia so that he could travel and enjoy the benefits of Europe, because due to the coronavirus pandemic, he could not do so with his passport, nor could he could return to Russia", said Lješković.

The lawyer pointed out that he and his colleague Pantović insisted during the hearing that Mešerski answer the question - whether he sees the procedure as a script for a book, but that they were denied an answer.

His colleague, lawyer Pantović, said that the witness was asked how he brought 33.000 euros into Montenegro, which, he claims, he gave to their clients.

"And where did he come from, if that's all he had, to live in Montenegro for 18 months. He said that the Russians brought him as needed, but that he did not have any confirmation of this. He also said that he had an account opened in a Montenegrin bank, but no money in it, because he did not want it to be known about his money. His testimony contradicts the current course of proceedings and logic. He himself said that he invents crime stories, claiming that he participated in these fictional criminal activities, and then that he recognized the suspects by their voices, however, when we asked him if he had proof that he was trained to recognize people in that way, he said is that there is none", said Pantović.

According to the prosecutor's files, Čavić introduced that Russian citizen to Kosović in mid-July, presenting him as a person who would get him forged documents for 20.000 euros and that he gave them 23.600 dollars.

Allegedly, on August 20, they came to his apartment with guns in hand, introduced themselves as police officers, showed him a passport with his picture and a different name, telling him that it was fake, that he was a Russian terrorist, that they knew everything about him , that he will end up in prison:

"After that, they searched his apartment and took 11.400 dollars and 300 euros from his laptop, and 200 euros from the victim's pocket... In the end, they told him that, as police officers, he would end up not being prosecuted for a false document, if they for that, 100.000 euros", it is written in the files.