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Montenegro: something had to give

The resignation of Milo Djukanovic, who has ruled Montenegro since 1991, is the logical end result of a political establishment whose contradictions could no longer hold the country together.

By Marcu Niculescu
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Montenegro's Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic kisses the child of a supporter in front of the polling station after voting in parliamentary elections, in Podgorica, Montenegro, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. PAimages/Darko Vojinovic. All rights reserved.

Good vs evil. Black vs white. Rich vs poor. The media loves a good dichotomy. In Montenegro, the dichotomy du jour is the tried and true West vs Russia trope.

The country’s prime minister, Milo Djukanovic, abruptly resigned on 25 October after suggesting that Russia had a hand in the outcome of the recent legislative elections where his party, the Democratic Socialist Party (DPS), narrowly avoided defeat at the hands of the opposition.

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