CRNOGORSKO - SOVJETSKA SARADNJA TOKOM 70-IH I POČETKOM 80-IH
MONTENEGRIN – SOVIET COOPERATION DURING THE 1970s AND EARLY 1980s

Summary/Abstract: The paper highlights the strategic approach of of Soviet policy toward Yugoslavia during the final decade of the leadership of Soviet leader Brezhnev and Yugoslav president Tito. The Soviet objective was to reintegrate Yugoslavia into the communist bloc to utilize its Adriatic coast for constructing militaryand naval bases, from which it could safeguard its strategic interests in theMediterranean, North Africa, and the Middle East. Within this framework, the relations between the Soviet Union and its republics with the Yugoslav republics played a significant role. Montenegro, as one of the Yugoslav republics,developed intensive cooperation with the Soviet Union, particularly with theRussian Soviet republic. The Soviets designated Montenegro as part of theirsphere of influence and sought to transform it into a strategic stronghold withinYugoslavia.

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