NewsForce(@Newsforce):🇲🇪🇷🇺 Montenegro has detained Mikhail Zvinchuk, founder of the pro-Russian military blog Rybar, and four associates in a dawn raid. Police and the national security agency picked them up at a hotel in Risan on the Bay of Kotor, seizing drones, digital equipment, and documents. Rybar says the team was there legally and expects to be released. Zvinchuk is under UK and EU sanctions, and the U.S. has offered $10M over alleged election interference by Rybar staff.

2026.10.09 10:00

🇲🇪🇷🇺 Montenegro has detained Mikhail Zvinchuk, founder of the pro-Russian military blog Rybar, and four associates in a dawn raid. Police and the national security agency picked them up at a hotel in Risan on the Bay of Kotor, seizing drones, digital equipment, and documents. Rybar says the team was there legally and expects to be released. Zvinchuk is under UK and EU sanctions, and the U.S. has offered $10M over alleged election interference by Rybar staff.