Montenegro will go to the polls on Sunday as citizens vote in a national election seen by some as a referendum on the country’s western integration.<br /><br /> Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic of the country’s ruling Democratic Party of Socialists has presented the election as a choice between joining NATO or becoming what he referred to as a Russian colony under the opposition.<br /><br /> Final rally for #Montenegro’s Democratic Front before Sunday’s election. Many #Serbia flags, a few #Russia’n; no EU. pic.twitter.com/zV50yeLCHQ— Dan McLaughlin (@DanMcL99) October 14, 2016<br /><br /> He has previously accused Russia of pouring money into Montegro’s election in an attempt to derail plans to take the country closer to the European Union.<br /><br /> However, he is said by the opposition to have allowed a culture of cronyism and organised crime to flourish during his quarter century long reign.<br /><br /> Final rally for #Montenegro’s Democratic Front before Sunday’s election. Many #Serbia flags, a few #Russia’n; no EU. pic.twitter.com/zV50yeLCHQ— Dan McLaughlin (@DanMcL99) October 14, 2016<br /><br /> NATO invited the small Balkan country to join last year, however many remain suspicious of the organisation following its bombing of Montenegro in 1991.<br /><br /> Although there are few reliable polls, the desertion of Djukanovic by long-term allies suggest the results will be close.<br />
