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Two British Greenpeace activists to appear in Russian court
2013-09-29 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Two environmental campaigners are due to appear in court in Murmansk, Russia, today after being arrested during a Greenpeace protest on an Arctic oil rig. Anthony Perrett, 32, and Frank Hewetson, 45, are among 30 people, including four other Britons, taken into custody seven days ago when armed Russian officials stormed their vessel, Arctic Sunrise. Along with other members of the group, Mr Hewetson, a father of two and logistics co-ordinator from London, and Mr Perrett, an activist from Newport,...
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TRAVEL RETAIL: Russian Standard readies Travel Retail-only vodka pack
2013-09-27 15:32:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Russian Standard has released a travel retail exclusive bottling of its namesake vodka brand that is targeted at the gifting occasion.
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Backyard Pigs Banned in Russian Region
2013-09-26 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
RUSSIA - Russia's Tver region has banned "private" pig farming for the next three years in a bid to bring African swine fever under control.
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Russian investigators say Greenpeace activists to be prosecuted
2013-09-24 10:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Environmental activists who protested at a Russian Arctic offshore oil platform last week will be prosecuted and could face piracy charges punishable by up to 15 years in prison, Russian investigators said on Tuesday. They said the "attack", in which Greenpeace activists tried scaling the Gazprom-owned Prirazlomnaya platform, Russia's first offshore Arctic oil platform, violated Russian sovereignty. "When a foreign ship full of electronic equipment intended for unknown purposes and a group...
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Greenpeace activists arrested on Russian oil rig
2013-09-20 23:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Greenpeace said armed Russian officers stormed its ship, which is protesting over oil exploration in the Arctic, the officers detained all its crew in a locked room. According to the environmental organisation, men armed with machine guns, had boarded the ship by lowering themselves on ropes from a helicopter. The group said it believed its Dutch-flagged ship was in international waters when the raid began.
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