Zvinchuk: equipment was seized from the Rybar team during an inspection in Montenegro

The Rybar project team, including Mikhail Zvinchuk, had all their equipment confiscated during an inspection in Montenegro.

The Russians detained in Montenegro, including Zvinchuk, were released and are at the airport awaiting departure.

The Russian Embassy is helping to resolve the issue of returning seized equipment.

MOSCOW, October 9 - RIA Novosti. The author of the “Rybar” project, Mikhail Zvinchuk, said that during an inspection in Montenegro, all of his equipment was confiscated from him and his team, which has not yet been returned.

Zvinchuk, his wife Valeria and three of their colleagues were previously detained 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 had been released and were at the airport awaiting departure.

Zvinchuk later said that the arrest of the “Rybar” project team occurred after an official request to shoot a film in the Cetinje Monastery.

“They took absolutely everything and equipment and confiscated it,” Zvinchuk said in a video published on the Rybar Telegram channel.

He added that after the decision was made to deport the team, the equipment was not returned to Russia, but the Russian Embassy is helping to resolve this issue.