Igor Luksic: "The authorities of the Russian Federation are pressing on Montenegro with the help of the Russian Orthodox Church"
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In an official conversation with Foreign Minister Frank Steinmeier, Foreign Minister of Montenegro Igor Luksic said that the Russian authorities are trying to influence the country with the help of the authority of the Russian Orthodox Church (according to Luksic, the targeted pressure is on the parishioners of the Serbian Orthodox Church), and through public associations and the main parties of the opposition. The propaganda is against the accession of Montenegro to the NATO alliance, the minister believes, whereas according to the internal statistics of the country, about 2/3 of the already Montenegrins favored the membership of the state in NATO.
Schattainmeier responded by expressing Germany's official position on this issue, and, in turn, noted that Russia is trying to influence not only Montenegro, but also other countries. The diplomatic situation is also complicated by the fact that the President of Montenegro, Philippe Vujanovic, declined to come to the Victory Parade in Moscow.
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