Rybar founder returns to Russia after being detained in Montenegro

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Peskov: it is “dangerous” for Russians to visit Europe. That is how Putin’s spokesman commented on the detention in Montenegro of Rybar founder Zvinchuk. He said this in an interview with the Rossiya TV channel. “Well, look, this (Russians visiting Europe — ed. note)…

Rybar founder returns to Russia after being detained in Montenegro

Mikhail Zvinchuk, founder of the Rybar project, returned to Moscow on the night of October 11 — he flew in from Belgrade with his wife and three project employees, RTVI reports.

On October 9, all five were detained in Montenegro and then expelled to Serbia on grounds of national security.

The government of the Russian Federation, the Foreign Ministry, our special services, the state corporation Rostec together with the Technodinamika concern worked to secure our release. Plus Margarita Simonyan, Dmitry Medvedev, and a huge number of concerned people had a hand in it,

Zvinchuk told an RTVI correspondent at Sheremetyevo.

🔵The group entered Montenegro on October 7. According to the outlet Vijesti, Zvinchuk planned to shoot a film for Rybar about Montenegro’s visa policy. The group was detained on the morning of October 9. Their equipment, including cameras and a drone, was seized; according to Zvinchuk, it was never returned. He also said police asked whether members of the group recruit foreigners for the war. Montenegro’s Prime Minister Milojko Spajić called Zvinchuk’s detention a “successful operation.”

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