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World first: Russia begins pumping oil from Arctic seabed

2013-12-23 15:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Oil has begun to be pumped from the Arctic seabed, according to Russian oil giant, Gazprom. The company announced on Friday that it has begun exploiting oil reserves at the offshore field of Prirazlomnoye. The project, which is several years behind schedule, is hugely controversial and made international headlines in September after Russian military arrested 28 Greenpeace activists protesting the operation along with a British journalist and Russian videographer. "This is the first project in...

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RUSSIA: Ministry proposes ban on Govt purchasing of imported clothing

2013-12-23 13:54:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade (Minpromtorg) has proposed the prohibition of Government purchases of clothing manufactured abroad or from foreign materials.

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Russia starts pumping oil Arctic rig raided by Greenpeace

2013-12-20 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Persse: Russia's state-held energy giant Gazprom said Friday it had launched production at an Arctic oil rig raided in September by 30 Greenpeace activists whom the authorities later detained for two months. The landmark announcement marked the formal start of Russia's long-planned effort to turn the vast oil and natural gas riches believed to be buried in the frozen waters into profits for its ambitious government-run firms. But it also outraged campaigners who see the Arctic as one of the world's...

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Russia Grants Amnesty to Greenpeacers, Gazprom Arctic Oil Flows

2013-12-20 18:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: The Russian parliament has formally adopted an amnesty measure that will end legal proceedings against the Greenpeace Arctic 30. The Russian lawmakers Wednesday voted for an amendment that extends a broader amnesty decree to defendants charged with hooliganism. It therefore includes the Arctic 30 -- the 28 activists and two freelance journalists who were arrested following a protest at a Gazprom-operated Arctic oil platform in the Pechora Sea on September 18. Greenpeace activist, left, puts...

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Putin calls Russia response to Greenpeace Arctic protest a lesson

2013-12-19 10:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia's response to a Greenpeace protest over Arctic oil drilling should serve as a lesson and Moscow would toughen steps to guard against interference in its development of the region. Putin suggested Greenpeace activists detained for a protest at a drilling platform operated by state-controlled Gazprom in September may have been carrying out an order to undermine Russia's development of Arctic energy resources. "Why was this (protest) carried out?...

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