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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pjotr Sauer

Pro-Kremlin Russian military blogger Mikhail Zvinchuk arrested in Montenegro

Mikhail Zvinchuk sits against a black background with an open laptop in front of him that has big white letters on the back of its screen spelling out Rybar. He wears earpieces as if he is taking part in a conference call, and is wearing a black jacket and top. He has short fair hair and is in his mid-30s.
Mikhail Zvinchuk’s Rybar blog has more than 1.5 million subscribers on Telegram, and is one of the most popular Russian military blogs covering the war in Ukraine. Photograph: Francesca Ebel/The Washington Post/Getty Images

A leading pro-Kremlin Russian military blogger with reported ties to Russia’s intelligence services has been arrested in Montenegro, after warnings of attempts to destabilise the Balkan country, officials have said.

Mikhail Zvinchuk, the founder of the influential Rybar war blog, was detained on Friday alongside his wife and three other Russians by police and security agents in the Adriatic resort town of Risan, on suspicion of spreading Russian influence, local media reported.

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