The lawyer revealed prospects for the detained author of “Rybar”

The prospects of the case against the author of the Telegram channel “Rybar” Mikhail Zvinchuk, who was detained the day before along with his wife and three team members in Montenegro, will depend on the actions and evidence of local law enforcement officials. RT reports this with reference to Alexander Khaminsky, a lawyer and head of the Moscow Region Law Enforcement Center.

The lawyer noted that according to local laws, the transfer of secret data is punishable by imprisonment for a term of 3 to 15 years, and the collection of data for foreign intelligence - from 2 to 10 years. At the same time, according to him, journalistic or analytical activity in itself is not espionage. So the Montenegrin security forces have yet to prove the fact that Zvinchuk worked for foreign intelligence or his handling of classified data.