The West and Russia clash in election in Montenegro

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Voters in the small Balkan state of Montenegro voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could determine whether it continues on its Western course or turns back to traditional ally Russia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The vote pitted the long-ruling Democratic Party of Socialists&comma; led by Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic&comma; against a cluster of pro-Russian and pro-Serbian opposition groups that staunchly oppose the government&&num;8217&semi;s pro-Western policies&comma; especially its NATO bid&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The outcome could jeopardize NATO and European Union enlargement in southeastern Europe and could prove decisive in the Kremlin&&num;8217&semi;s attempts to regain influence in the strategic Balkans region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The scenic country of 650&comma;000 people&comma; squeezed between the Adriatic Sea and towering mountains&comma; is deeply divided among those who favour &&num;8211&semi; and those who oppose Western integration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pre-election polls have predicted the closest race since Montenegro gained independence from much larger Serbia a decade ago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Predominantly Orthodox Christian-like Russia&comma; Montenegro was Moscow&&num;8217&semi;s historical ally&period; But after splitting with Serbia in a 2006 referendum&comma; Montenegro took a strong turn toward Euro-Atlantic integration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Russia strongly opposes the expansion of NATO in European ex-communist countries it considers part of its &&num;8220&semi;strategic interests&period;&&num;8221&semi; Wary of Russian influence in the still-volatile region&comma; which was engulfed in bloody civil wars in the 1990s&comma; the West wants Montenegro in NATO which invited the state to join&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rallying supporters ahead of the vote&comma; Djukanovic said the ballot for the 81-seat parliament will decide whether Montenegro continues on a Western course or becomes &&num;8220&semi;a Russian colony&&num;8221&semi;&period; He is facing the toughest challenge yet to his quarter-century rule&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Opposition leaders have accused Djukanovic of corruption&comma; nepotism and economic mismanagement and say he is trying to scare voters by suggesting that chaos will prevail if he loses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The only chaos will be within Djukanovic&&num;8217&semi;s cabinet&comma;&&num;8221&semi; opposition Democratic Front leader Andrija Mandic said after he cast his ballot on Sunday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I have no doubt that the opposition will show its strength and that the Democratic Front will become future framework of the Montenegro government&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period; &&num;8220&semi;Today is the last day of Djukanovic&&num;8217&semi;s 27-year rule&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are fears that violence could erupt on the streets of Podgorica&comma; the capital&comma; between opposition and government supporters after the results are announced&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I want everything to pass peacefully and everything to be good&comma; and whoever wins I wish all the luck&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said voter Nadezda Stjepanovic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2e2e332dc">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; 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