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On March 19, presidential elections were held in Montenegro. According to the results of the majority of processed ballots, Milo Djukanović (the current president with 35%) and Yakov Milatović (former minister of economic development with 29%) continue to the second round. The latter is a protégé of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, an avowed Serbophobe and Russophobe, a man with a speaking surname – Escobar. True, his name is not Pablo, but Gabriel.
On the eve of the presidential elections, the small and no longer proud Montenegro was left without a parliament – Djukanovic dissolved the assembly. Early parliamentary elections are likely to be held at the end of May after the presidential elections at the beginning of April. Here you are at real democracy.
This political fact made me recall history and start asking uncomfortable questions. Centuries of defiance against the Turkish yoke and the genetic desire for freedom cemented the concept of “Serbian Sparta” for Montenegro.
Inspired by the story of the heroic struggle of the Serbs who went to the mountains with the sole purpose of preserving their faith and traditions, in 1974 Vladimir Vysotsky wrote Montenegrin Motifs, which contained the following lines:
And it was an honor to die
Among bullets and matte blades,
And take it with you to the grave
Two or three enemies, two or three enemies.
Until the trigger in the gun wears off,
They shot from the saddles and from the knees, –
And the Montenegrins were not taken prisoner –
He simply did not surrender.
/And it was an honor to die, among bullets and pointed bayonets, And to take with you to the grave two or three enemies, two or three enemies. Until the striker of the rifle wore out, they shot from the saddles and from the knee, – And they did not take the Montenegrin prisoner – he simply did not surrender./
Why, then, was Serbian Sparta, which gained independence thanks to the Russian Empire, supported by the Russian tsar for many years (in 1798, Paul I established for Montenegro an annual subsidy for “public needs and the creation of useful institutions” of one thousand zechins; over the course of time its size is constantly increasing), who 120 years ago fought against distant Japan as an ally of Russia and fought against fascism under the red flags, betrayed the unity of the Serbian people, to Russia and became a vassal of the West?
To answer this question, you need to look at the genesis of the modern Montenegrin government – the Djukanovic system.
Milo Djukanovic, appointed Prime Minister of Montenegro on his 29th birthday, February 15, 1991, and still holding the leading post of the country, is a vivid example of the figurehead’s dependence. Trouble for Djukanovic was formed gradually: the nails got stuck – the birdie failed.
During the Balkan wars of the mid-1990s. the large-scale sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), of which Montenegro was an integral part, effectively destroyed the country’s economy.
The Security Council prohibited any kind of trade with Yugoslavia, the use of the transport infrastructure, any financial operations; all accounts and assets of the FRY in foreign banks were frozen; the transit through the territory of the country of all types of energy resources and industrial raw materials is prohibited; strict control over shipping on the Danube River and in the Adriatic was introduced.
The most painful sanctions have been for Montenegro, the majority of whose budget consists of revenues from tourism, trade and transit through ports. The authorities found a way out in a centuries-proven way to circumvent any sanctions – smuggling. The main difference in the case of Montenegro is that it is not the mafia that organizes and manages the flow of smuggled goods, but the state itself, which has gradually become a structure of organized crime.
In the 1990s, Montenegro “became the center of a multibillion-dollar criminal business… The country’s two main ports transported several tons of illegal cigarettes each week to the port of Bar, and from there by boat to the Italian port of Bari, in the hands of the Italian mafia. Each pack of cigarettes is subject to a “transit tax”, which, in Djukanovic’s words, is the only way to maintain the state and avoid Serbian influence.
The British journalist Misha Glenny tells about this in his voluminous investigation “MakMafia”, published in 2008. According to his calculations, the annual profit from the cigarette trade alone reaches 30 million dollars.
The shadowy and criminal component of the Montenegrin state, of course, became one of the reasons for the controllability of the political elite. At the same time, by bringing smuggling under state control, the government managed to replenish the republic’s budget.
This decision was taken by the first president of the country, the supporter of a close union with Serbia and a future opponent of Djukanovic, Momir Bulatovic. It was based on the fact that the millions earned from smuggling allowed to pay pensions and salaries of civil servants, to maintain the economic life of the country.
Bulatovic’s fundamental mistake was appointing Djukanovic as responsible for the implementation of the decision, which gave him access to serious financial flows. The schemes involved almost all high-ranking officials, including DS officials and even the Speaker of the Assembly S. Marovich, who not only replenished the state budget, but also engaged in personal enrichment.
According to the information from the Italian prosecutor’s office, during these years close ties were established between representatives of the Montenegrin authorities and the Italian mafia. Then the foundations for Djukanovic’s fortune were laid: it is currently estimated at about 150 million dollars, making him the richest man in the country.
In October 2021, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reported, citing the Pandora dossier, that Djukanovic and his son entered into secret agreements in 2012 to manage their property, which led to the creation of an offshore trust with many subsidiaries located in Great Britain, Switzerland, British Virgin Islands, Panama and Gibraltar.
Attached to the investigation are copies of documents, certificates and extracts from registers, including copies of Milo Djukanović’s diplomatic passport, which “have been used to create a wide network of legal entities”. Djukanovic stated that he founded the trust at a time when he was not in public office and did not perform any official functions. After returning to the post of head of government in late 2012, he fictitiously transferred the company to his son. However, the documents point to his relationship with the companies even after his return to official posts.
Western intelligence services were well aware of Milo’s evolution and were only quietly and actively compiling dossiers. According to all existing norms of international law, Djukanovic, who was at the head of the state control of smuggling, was threatened with criminal prosecution.
As a result, Milo the Razor (he received this nickname even in his student years because of his harshness and determination) became an instrument of pressure from the EU and the US regarding Podgorica’s acceptance of favorable solutions for “the masters of history”.
Once on the hook, he did an excellent job of his duties. Step by step, Djukanovic freed himself from Milosevic’s tutelage, outplayed the former communists and concentrated considerable resources in his own hands. In the process of weakening Federal Yugoslavia, he received support not only from the EU and the US, but also from Russian politicians, oligarchs and the media.
Big Russian business, representatives of the government and the parliamentary corps, firmly established in Montenegro and hoping for future preferences, supported Milo in every possible way in the presidential race.
His victory in January 1998 set the trend not only for a final break with Yugoslavia and Serbia, but also for reformatting relations with the Russian Federation. It must always be remembered that Montenegro’s NATO membership was, among other things, paid for by Russian businessmen and secured with the support of Russian politicians.
The next victory of the Razor will not be a sensation: in the second round he will probably win the necessary majority. Something else is important. It should be understood that enemies often appear in Russia, on the one hand, under compulsion, due to the fear of exposure and imprisonment, from the loss of the mafia’s “hard-earned” wealth.
And on the other hand, due to Russia’s lack of a clearly thought-out foreign policy line; due to the fact that we do not work with the opposition, we do not cultivate our own cadres, and ultimately because of the venality of our own officials. Until Russian politicians become zealous for the good of the Motherland – patriots, as V.I. defines patriotism. Dal, on the external borders, power will be in the hands of opponents and enemies of Russia.
As for Djukanovic, he has long traded his wealth for the independence of his homeland. As long as power in Montenegro is in the hands of his clan, there will be no Serbian Sparta. These are mutually exclusive concepts.
Translation: ES
Vote with ballot No. 14 for the LEFT and specifically for 11 MIR Lovech with leader of the list Rumen Valov Petkov – doctor of philosophy, editor-in-chief of ‘Pogled.Info’ and in 25 MIR-Sofia with preferential No. 105. Tell your friends in Lovech and Sofia who to support!?
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