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Exxon Russia Ambitions Show Oil Trumps Obama-Putin Spats: Energy
2014-01-02 11:53:51| Energy - Topix.net
As Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin argue over human rights in Russia and the fate of fugitive U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden, the countries' biggest oil companies are preparing to drill for giant oil discoveries together in the Arctic Ocean.
Greenpeace activists leave Russia after Putin's amnesty
2013-12-27 20:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Most of the 30 people arrested for a Greenpeace protest against Arctic oil drilling left Russia on Friday under an amnesty initiated by President Vladimir Putin, the environmental group said. The activists' departure, after charges against them were dropped, removes an irritant in Putin's prickly ties with the West as Russia prepares to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in February. The demonstrators had faced up to seven years in jail for a protest at an offshore rig. The first activist...
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More Greenpeace activists leave Russia
2013-12-27 11:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Six more of the 30 Greenpeace activists arrested in a protest over Arctic oil drilling left Russia on Friday after being granted an amnesty, the environmental group said. The departure of the five Britons and one Canadian follows that of the first of the "Arctic 30" to leave Russia on Thursday. All 26 non-Russian activists have now obtained clearance to leave, Greenpeace said. "It's over. We're finally, truly free," said Alex Harris, 27, from Devon in Britain. "It feels like the moment I've...
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Arctic 30: five Britons on way home from Russia
2013-12-27 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Five Britons who were among the Arctic 30 are on their way home from St Petersburg, three months after Russian authorities seized their ship and arrested them. Members of the group were initially charged with piracy and held in jail for two months before being given bail and then granted amnesty. Anthony Perrett, 32, of Newport, south Wales, will arrive in Paris on Friday and then travel by Eurostar to London with fellow Greenpeace activists Alexandra Harris and Phil Ball, a crew member of...
Home for new year? Colin Russell about to ask Russia for exit visa
2013-12-27 02:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Australian activist Colin Russell could be home in time for new year if Russian authorities grant the Greenpeace campaigner an exit visa on Friday. Russell, 59, is one of 30 activists arrested and detained in September for protesting against a Russian oil rig operated by the Moscow-based energy company Gazprom in the Pechora Sea. Known as the Arctic 30, the group, made up of 28 Greenpeace activists and two freelance journalists, was accused of hooliganism. But the charges were dropped last...
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