🗞️ Story file #297
Montenegro detains head of russian war blog rybar
Oct 9, 3 PM ET to Oct 10, 7 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean
- 6outlets carried it
- 🫏2 · 2 · 1🐘left · center · right
- 15 hourson the front pages
- 6front pages at once, at its peak
- 11people retold it online
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- Oct 9, 3 PM ETfirst on a front page: AP
- Oct 9, 3 PM ETpeak: on 6 front pages
- Oct 10, 4 AM ETretold online by 11 people
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💬 quoted: “security reasons”
Every outlet's first headline (6), left to right by AllSides rating
The Guardian
Pro-Kremlin Russian military blogger Mikhail Zvinchuk arrested in Montenegro Oct 9, 8 AM ET
AP
Russian pro-war blogger among 5 expelled from Montenegro for security concerns Oct 9, 3 PM ET
Bloomberg
Montenegro Police Detains Head of Russian War Blog Rybar Oct 9, 7 AM ET
Reuters
Russian war blogger expelled from Montenegro for 'security reasons' Oct 9, 1 PM ET
IJR
Montenegro Detains Rybar Founder and Associates Oct 9, 9 AM ET
RFE/RL
Montenegro To Expel Head Of Russian Pro-War Blog Rybar Oct 9, 12 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
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🧶 Retelling
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🧶 Retold online
- Montenegro detained the founder of a pro-Kremlin war blog, the founder of the pro-Kremlin war blog Rybar, along with his wife and three others, on suspicion of attempting to destabilize the country. Oct 10: told by 11 people
🧩 Election meddling
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🗣️ names in it: Montenegro Russia Rybar Russian pro-war blog Montenegro police
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