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Silicon Bites Ep417 | 2026-10-10 | Consequence have arrived for a group of Russia’s leading propagandists. Montenegro detains and expels Rybar's Mikhail Zvinchuk — how he thought he could get away with filming propaganda reels in a NATO country is confusing a lot of people, not least other Z-Patriots. It’s also promoted former Russian president Medvedev to crawl out of a vodka bottle and issue a ludicrous hostage threat. Russia's propagandists thought their passport was a licence.to mock freedom and democracy, but a small NATO state just revoked their impunity and entitlement.----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.org----------SOURCES:The Moscow Times (with Reuters), "Montenegro Expels Founder of Russian Pro-War Blog Rybar for 'Security Reasons'," 9 Oct 2026Newsweek, "Putin Ally Threatens To Take US Prisoners After Russian War Blogger Arrested," 9 Oct 2026 Meduza, "Montenegro expels founder of Russian pro-war Telegram channel Rybar, citing 'potentially dangerous' activities," 9 Oct 2026Meduza, "Montenegro detains Russian pro-war blogger behind Rybar," 9 Oct 2026CNN, "Leading pro-Kremlin war blogger detained in Montenegro and ordered to leave country," 9 Oct 2026 European Western Balkans, "Head of Russian information network 'Rybar' detained in Montenegro," 9 Oct 2026Ukrainska Pravda (via European Pravda / Vijesti), "Russian propagandist and founder of Rybar channel detained in Montenegro," 9 Oct 2026 Militarnyi, "Montenegro Arrests Head of Russian Propaganda Project Rybar," 9 Oct 2026France 24 / AFP, "Montenegro expels popular Russian war blogger wanted by US," 9 Oct 2026 Türkiye Today / AFP, "Montenegro detains Rybar founder Zvinchuk, citing hybrid warfare threats," 9 Oct 2026 Telegraf.rs, "Medvedev reacts to arrest in Montenegro of head of Putin's 'Rybar' group," 9 Oct 2026 UNN, "Montenegro expelled the founder of the Russian propaganda network 'Rybar' on security grounds," 9 Oct 2026 ----------