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The founder of the “Rybar” project, Mikhail Zvinchuk, and other Russians were detained in the Montenegrin city of Risan.
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The founder of the Rybar project, Mikhail Zvinchuk, and other Russian citizens were detained in Montenegro.
The editor-in-chief of the international media group "Russia Today" and the RT television channel, Margarita Simonyan, is confident that the detained Russian citizens will be returned to Russia.
Simonyan urged not to fly to countries where there is no complete confidence, even for those who are not under sanctions.
MOSCOW, October 9 - RIA Novosti. The founder of the “Rybar” project, Mikhail Zvinchuk, and other Russian citizens detained in Montenegro will be returned to Russia, Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the international media group “Russia Today” and the RT television channel, is sure.
Zvinchuk, his wife Valeria and three of their colleagues were detained in the city of Risan in Montenegro. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, told RIA Novosti that the Russian embassy in Montenegro is investigating the circumstances of the detention.
“My forecast is that the Rybar team will be given back not to the USA, but to Ukraine. Which is worse from the point of view of return. We will return, of course, but our colleagues will suffer... For them - courage, for the rest - a lesson: we fly only to those countries in which we are absolutely confident,” Simonyan wrote in “Max”.
The editor-in-chief urged even those who are not under sanctions not to fly “to enemy” countries, which include Montenegro.
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