(VOVworld) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied on Monday all allegations that Russian state bodies had a role in an attempted coup during Montenegro’s election last year, describing them as “absurd”. He called for an investigation to find the truth.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a conference in Bonn, Germany, in February 16. (Photo: EPA/VNA)

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected an announcement by Montenegrin special prosecutor Milivoje Katric that Russian state bodies were involved in a plot to assassinate Montenegro's prime minister and overthrow his pro-Western government. Peskov insisted that Russia never gets involved in another country’s internal affairs, especially if it has a sound relationship with them as it does with Montenegro.