The founder of Rybar denied rumors about attempts to extradite the team to the United States

The founder of the Rybar project, Mikhail Zvinchuk, said that the team was not afraid of extradition to other European countries.

Statements about the possible extradition of the Rybar project team to the United States are untrue.

MOSCOW, October 11 - RIA Novosti. The team of the “Rybar” project, previously detained in Montenegro, did not fear extradition to other European countries; statements about the alleged possible extradition to the United States are not true, said project founder Mikhail Zvinchuk.

Zvinchuk, his wife Valeria and three of their colleagues were detained on Friday in the city of Risan in Montenegro. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, subsequently told RIA Novosti that the Russians detained in Montenegro were released.

Earlier, information appeared in the media that the alleged detention of the Rybar project team in Montenegro was carried out with the aim of extraditing them to the United States.

“Absolutely not,” Zvinchuk told reporters when asked if the team had concerns about extradition to other European countries.

He noted that statements about possible extradition to the United States are untrue.

“In our presence, requests were sent to both Interpol and the European Police, and we were, in fact, of no interest to anyone. That is, an absolutely inflated story about the fact that we are a desired target for someone there,” Zvinchuk added.

On the night from Saturday to Sunday, Zvinchuk and the team of the Rybar project returned to Russia.