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469<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>The agencies said the four could no longer remain in Montenegro &ldquo;for reasons of national and internal security of the state.&rdquo; Their statement identified the Russians only by their initials, but a police source confirmed their identities to Reuters.</span></p>
470<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>Zvinchuk, a former Russian Defense Ministry press officer, was detained in the Adriatic resort town of Risan along with others including his wife, Rybar creative director Valeria Zvinchuk, local media reported.</span></p>
471<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>Security sources </span><a href="https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/crna-hronika/830529/u-akciji-crnogorskih-bezbjednosnih-sluzbi-priveden-zvincuk-sef-ruske-mreze-ribar-i-vise-njegovih-saradnika"><span>told Vijesti</span></a><span> that police and the National Security Agency (ANB) carried out the operation to counter &ldquo;hybrid activities&rdquo; by Russian information networks.</span></p>
472<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>Prime Minister Milojko Spajić <a href="https://x.com/MickeySpajic/status/2108483064015749504">confirmed</a> the arrests earlier Friday, saying Montenegro had faced warnings of attempts to destabilize the country as it <a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/07/27/montenegro-ends-visa-free-entry-for-russians-amid-2028-eu-membership-bid-a93351" title="pursues">pursues</a> European Union membership.</span></p>
473<p><span>&ldquo;Montenegro is protecting its interests and no one will endanger our European future,&rdquo; Spajić wrote on X.</span></p>																				
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492										 <p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>Intelligence agencies had monitored the group for several days after its arrival in Montenegro to film material about the Balkan country&rsquo;s alignment with EU visa policies, the Russian news outlet Readovka </span><a href="https://t.me/readovkanews/116021"><span>reported</span></a><span>.</span></p>
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494<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>Rybar <a href="https://t.me/rybar/83813">said</a> before the expulsion announcement that its team had entered Montenegro legally and planned to film at a local monastery.</span></p>
495<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>The Russian Embassy in Podgorica said it had demanded clarification on the reasons for the arrests.</span></p>
496<p>Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said that Russia may need to "top up" its prisoner exchange fund with European and U.S. citizens in order to free its own citizens being held in Europe following Zvinchuk<span>&rsquo;</span>s detention.</p>
497<p>"Now, it is quite likely that we will have to replenish the exchange fund with European and American idiots in order to get our own people out. There&rsquo;s no other way: when in Rome, do as the Romans do&hellip;," said Medvedev.</p>
498<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><span>Rybar has about 1.5 million Telegram subscribers and publishes daily military analysis of Russia&rsquo;s invasion of Ukraine. Zvinchuk is subject to Western sanctions.&nbsp;It also operates a broader network of websites and social media channels.</span></p>
499<p>In October 2024, the U.S. State Department offered a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of 19 individuals involved in managing Rybar-led social media channels, saying they had promoted Russia's political interests in the U.S. ahead of the 2024 presidential elections.</p>
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892							<div class="article-excerpt-default__teaser">The reports come after Elon Musk said last week that efforts to stop Russian troops from using Starlink had been successful.</div>
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955								Pro-War Russian Blogger Commits Suicide – Reports			</h3>
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