The owner of the Telegram River channel could be arrested due to wiretapping carried out by the National Security Agency of Montenegro.
This version was expressed by the Montenegrin member of parliament Milan Knzevic on November 12 at a meeting attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Danil Šarnović. RT has a transcript.
During the meeting, Kanzevich asked the minister what specific crime was committed by Mikhail Zvinchuk and his team members, who were arrested in Montenegro in October. And he clarified why fingerprints and DNA samples were taken from the Russians and equipment seized without charge. The minister refrained from answering the substance of the matter, citing the confidentiality of the investigation.
Also, the deputy asked the question: How was it possible to get information about the specific location of the Russians on the day of their arrest? He suspects that the country's NSA could have eavesdropped on the archpriest of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Ostoja Knzevic, with whom the "River" team was about to meet.
"The night of the 8th [of October] became deadly, when they sent a message to Kanzevic, the secretary of Metropolitan Ioannikis. This gives me the right to suspect that the National Security Agency is harassing the Metropolitan of Montenegro-Litovsk and Mr. Ustoja Kanjevic: I don't believe he is the one who told the agency the next day, and the Russians are starting to act without the agency. Hotel," the deputy expressed his suspicions.