The vote pits Montenegro’s long-ruling Democratic Party of Socialists, led by powerful pro-Western Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, against a cluster of pro-Russian and pro-Serbian opposition groups which staunchly oppose the country’s NATO bid.
Djukanovic, who ruled Montenegro as a premier or president for more than 25 years, is hoping to secure a parliamentary majority to ratify the NATO agreement in the assembly, without holding a popular referendum whose outcome would be highly uncertain.
[…] recently, Montenegro had been a faithful ally of Russia.
Officials from President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party, who have branded Djukanovic’s NATO bid “irresponsible with far-reaching consequences,” have openly …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
