Belgrade: A SERBIAN court has rejected an extradition request by Montenegro for a suspect in an alleged pro-Russia plot to overthrow the small Balkan country’s government.
Nemanja Ristic, the suspect whose extradition was rejected by Special Court in Belgrade, appeared in a group photo with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during his visit to Serbia in December.
The court said Ristic, a supporter of a pro-Russian far-right group in Serbia, cannot be extradited because Montenegro suspects him of committing alleged crime by acting from territory of Serbia and not inside Montenegro.
Montenegro also has issued extradition requests for another Serb and two Russians for alleged plans to kill the then-prime minister and take over parliament on election day in October.
The two Russians, reportedly members of Russian military intelligence agency, allegedly coordinated whole operation from Serbia and tracked movements of Montenegro’s then-Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic with sophisticated spying equipment.
