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Russian military raids Greenpeace ship, takes activists hostage
2013-09-20 19:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Armed Russian military have stormed a Greenpeace ship protesting against oil exploitation in remote Arctic waters. According to the last communications from the Arctic Sunrise before all contact was cut at around 4.30pm BST, the Russians dropped guards on to the deck of the vessel by rope from a helicopter, rounded up the Greenpeace crew and broke into the wheel house and communications rooms. Tweets from three people who locked themselves into a secure area on the ship said: "This is pretty...
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Russia detains Greenpeace ship after Arctic protest
2013-09-20 17:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Russian authorities have detained a Greenpeace ship and threatened to bring criminal charges after activists scaled Russia's first Arctic offshore oil platform. Greenpeace said armed coastguards had forcibly boarded and seized the Arctic Sunrise on Thursday, a day after two activists were plucked from the side of the Prirazlomnaya rig, owned by the state-controlled energy giant Gazprom, and arrested. The Federal Security Service (FSB) said the Amsterdam-registered ship was being towed to Murmansk...
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Australian among 28 arrested after armed Russians storm Greenpeace ship
2013-09-20 06:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: An Australian man is among 30 crew members being held at gunpoint on a Greenpeace ship in the Arctic after it was stormed by Russian security forces. Members of the Russian coastguard boarded the Arctic Sunrise in the Pechora Sea via helicopter and ropes on Thursday. Greenpeace says the vessel was in international waters at the time of boarding. A spokeswoman for Greenpeace in Australia said all but two of the activists were rounded up at gunpoint and held in the ship's mess. Two crew members,...
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Russian Coast Guard Fires on Greenpeace Ship, Arrests Four
2013-09-18 19:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The Russian Coast Guard has fired shots at a Greenpeace International ship in the Russian Arctic and four Greenpeace activists were arrested today during a protest of oil drilling in the fragile, pristine environment. At 4.30 am Moscow time, five inflatable boats were launched from the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise and headed towards the Gazprom oil rig Prirazlomnaya in the remote Pechora sea. One of the inflatables was confronted by the Russian Coast Guard and two activists were...
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Greenpeace assails Arctic oil rig
2013-09-18 12:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Greenpeace activists have launched an attempt to board a Russian oil platform and prevent it drilling in the Arctic. The group released pictures of two activists scaling the side of the giant Prirazlomnaya platform, and of security forces boarding one of its boats. The project, run by oil monopoly Gazprom, is Russia's first effort to extract oil from the Barents Sea. Greenpeace opposes Arctic drilling, saying it threatens a unique and fragile environment. The group said two of its activists were...
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