Coup attempt in Europe GONE WRONG

In 2016, Russia came dangerously close to overthrowing a European government.
It almost worked -- and hardly anyone noticed.

On election day in Montenegro, authorities announced the arrest of 20 men accused of plotting a violent coup: fake police uniforms, armed paramilitaries, a plan to storm parliament, assassinate the prime minister, and install a pro-Russian government. At first, the world laughed it off as political theater.

Eight days later, two Russians were arrested with encrypted phones, cash, fake police gear — and links to one of the most dangerous covert units in the Russian military.

In this episode of The Christo Files, Christo takes you deep inside the failed 2016 Montenegro coup attempt -- and reveals how Russia’s GRU Unit 29155 attempted to orchestrate what would have been one of the most brazen acts of Russian interference in Europe since the Cold War.

You’ll see how Christo's team at Bellingcat and The Insider identified the two mysterious Russian “tourists” as senior GRU operatives, traced their movements across Europe, uncovered their false identities, and exposed the wider network linking Russian intelligence, oligarchs, state-backed think tanks, and religious institutions in a coordinated effort to stop Montenegro from joining NATO.

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