Zvinchuk thanked the authorities for their help in freeing the Rybar crew

The Rybar project team was detained in Montenegro.

The Government of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation contributed to the release of Russians detained in Montenegro.

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

MOSCOW, October 11 - RIA Novosti. The Government of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation contributed to the release of the team of the “Rybar” project, previously detained in Montenegro, said the founder of the project, 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.

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

“Both the state and private structures worked harmoniously. The government of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and our special services worked for us, for our release,” Zvinchuk told reporters.

He noted that special services, including the Rostec state corporation, also made efforts to return him to Russia.

“Plus, Margarita Simonyan (editor-in-chief of the international media group Russia Today and the RT television channel - ed.), Dmitry Medvedev (Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation - ed.) and a huge number of concerned people also had a hand,” Zvinchuk added.