In addition to them, as DN writes, the prosecutor’s office’s order contains four new names including unidentified member of the Democratic Front who along with suspect Bratislav Dikic may have commandeered the potential rebels who would break into the Parliament, fired at the police and then arrested prime Minister Milo Djukanovic.
As the DN previously announced, under the new order Mirko Velimirovic, who appeared as a witness in the previous prosecutor’s order, got the defendant status. In addition to him, Serbian citizens Predrag Bogicevic, Nemanja Ristic and Milos Jovanovic (unknown to public so far) were added to the list of defendants.
Russians organised a group to kill top officials
The latest prosecutor’s office’s document states that Eduard Vladimirovich Shirokov and Vladimir Nikolaevich Popov organised a criminal group at the end of September 2016 in the territory of Montenegro, Serbia and Russia, and collected funds and issued orders to carry out an “undetermined number of criminal acts of terrorism and the murder of highest ranking representatives of Montenegro.”
In addition to the persons that are unidentified so far, the accused members of the group are: Aleksandar Sasa Sindjelic, Bratislav Dikic, Predrag Bogicevic, Nemanja Ristic, Milos Jovanovic, Mirko Velimirovic, Kristina Hristic, Branka Milic, Milan Dusic, Dragan Maksic, Srboljub Djordjevic, Aleksandar Curovic, Aleksandar Aleksic, Nikola Djuric, Sinisa Cetkovic, Dejan Stanojevic, Milos Acimovic, Ivica Matic and Perica Andric.
Sindjelic served as the main liaison with Russian nationalists
According to the order, Sindjelic was responsible for recruiting other members of the organisation, transferring money between the organisers and members of the group, providing weapons, phones, buying police equipment, uniforms, shields, batons, body armours, tear gas, gas masks and other equipment that would be used by the group members during the attack on the Parliament.
Dikic to organise protesters at DF rally
According to organisers’ instructions, Dikic was tasked with coming to Montenegro on 16 October and organising actions of other criminal organisation members, potential rebels, at the DF protest rally and managing their conflict with the police, in order for them to break in the Parliament of Montenegro along with politicians. One DF member was supposed to assist him in commanding the protesters to enter the Parliament. That DF member supposed to receive from Dikic a special mobile phone which could not be wiretapped. He would use the phone to contact with the suspected Russians.
Bogicevic and Ristic were also in charge with recruiting. They were supposed to organise the arrival of recruited persons on election day and their participation in the DF protest rally. “Along with DF politicians gathered at the rally, they would cause clashes with police officers and forcefully enter the Parliament, where they would remain for at least 48 hours and declare the election victory of DF and other opposition parties”, the prosecutors said.
Velimirovic contributed to clarifying the case
The order says that the suspect Mirko Velimirovic contributed to disclosing the criminal organisation, although his objectives were illegal. In fact, his was supposed to apply violence towards other persons, purchase and storage means for the commission of crimes, weapons and ammunition, to keep uniforms, which were supposed to be used during the commission of offenses and to provide accommodation for other organisation members and storage room for the weapons and equipment. In addition, he was responsible for forwarding messages from organises that he received from Sindjelic.
Having accepted this plan, Velimirovic took €30,000 for buying and transporting 50 automatic rifles and three boxes of ammunition to Montenegro that should be stored in a rented house in Podgorica. This weapon is said to have been intended to be given to so far unidentified persons who were supposed to be sent by Eduard Shirkorov. Those persons were supposed to come on election day and break into the Parliament disguised as police officers “along with DF protesters and arrest Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic”.
Velimirovic reported all this to the police.
Women in charge of logistics
Under the instructions of the organizers, Milos Jovanovic was supposed to stone the DF headquarters and the people in them, creating the illusion that the assault was allegedly committed by members of criminal structures close to the Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic. Two female suspects were responsible for exchanging messages between members, arranging meetings and providing mobile phones, while Aleksandar Aleksic was supposed to provide transport and accommodation for the group members.
DF was supposed to take phones as well
As a proof that Velimirovic obtained requested weapons, Sindjelic has asked him to take photos of them, which he did. The investigation order also says that Sindjelic handed over two specially prepared Lenovo mobile phones to Velimirovic and Dikic. It is not possible to eavesdrop or apply secret surveillance measures to the phones. After breaking into the Parliament, Dikic was supposed to give the phone to an unidentified member of the criminal organisation belonging to the Democratic Front.
Sindjelic received €200,000 from the Russians
According to the investigation order, Sindjelic received €200,000 from the Russians and distributed the money to members of the criminal group – Bogicevic got €19,000 and Ristic € 4,500 to recruit as many members of the criminal group as possible. Dikic received €15,000 and $500.
Extraordinary Chambers of the High Court in Podgorica has not decided whether to grant Aleksandar Sindjelic cooperative witness status.
