Why did Montenegro release “Rybar”? And what does the “Montenegrin Church” have to do with it? Ksenia Luchenko and Ivan Filippov answer (Carnegie Politika)translated

The creator of “Rybar” is Mikhail Zvinchuk. 2024 In early October, Mikhail Zvinchuk, the creator of one of the largest Russian pro-war telegram channels “Rybar”, was detained in Montenegro. He entered the country, despite being under Western sanctions, and filmed a film about Montenegro there. Russia quickly promised to provide diplomatic support to Zvinchuk: Dmitry Peskov and Dmitry Medvedev publicly stood up for him. Just a few hours after his arrest, the propagandist calmly returned to Russia. What conclusions can be drawn after this story? And why did local church representatives possibly stand up for Zvinchuk? Religious researcher Ksenia Luchenko and writer and author of the telegram channel “All Quiet on the ZzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ” Ivan Filippov wrote about this for the Carnegie Politika project. Meduza publishes this text in its entirety.

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