The council session in the "coup d'état" case, which was scheduled today in the Appellate Court of Montenegro, was postponed to December XNUMX, because the defendant, Milan Knežević, submitted to the court documentation that he has the corona virus. The hearing is also scheduled for December XNUMX and XNUMX. At the next session, it is planned to read the appeals of the defense lawyers.
According to the first-instance verdict in the "coup d'etat" case, the goal of the criminal organization, which was formed by Russian citizens Eduard Šišmakov and Vladimir Popov, was to prevent Montenegro from joining the NATO alliance. The leaders of the Democratic Front, Andrija Mandić and Milan Knežević, were sentenced to five years in prison. due to membership in a criminal organization since February 2016. The goal of the criminal organization, which was created by Russian citizens Eduard Šišmakov and Vladimir Popov, planned to, on the day of the parliamentary elections on October 16, 2016, with the help of the Democratic Front, clash with the Montenegrin police and forcibly occupy the Assembly of Montenegro, and to kidnap and kill the then Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo Đukanović.
For the criminal acts of creating a criminal organization and attempted terrorism, Šišmakov was sentenced to a single sentence of 15 years in prison, and Popov to three years less. The verdict stated that they acted with direct intent. Serbian citizen, general and former commander of the gendarmerie, Bratislav Dikić, was sentenced to a single sentence of eight years in prison for the crimes of attempted terrorism and the creation of a criminal organization. Predrag Bogićević and Nemanja Ristić were each sentenced to seven years in prison for the same criminal acts. Branka Milić was sentenced to three years in prison, Dragan Maksić to one year and nine months, while Srboljub Đorđević and Milan Dušić were sentenced to one year and six months each. Kristina Hristić was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for two years if she does not repeat the crime, starting from the day it becomes final.
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