Associated Press: The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has drawn parallels with Greenpeace activists apprehended for boarding an Arctic oil rig and the attacks by jihadist group al Shabaab on a Kenyan mall that left 67 people dead.
In comments on Wednesday, he said the group were "obviously" not pirates despite Russian authorities saying yesterday that they planned to charge the activists with piracy. He also defended the detention, saying coastguard officers had no way of knowing who they were.
Two members...