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Activists arrested during Russian oil protest
2013-09-18 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Greenpeace said on Wednesday two of its activists have been arrested after scaling the Prirazlomnaya oil platform in Arctic waters in a fresh protest over the potential threat to the environment from operations slated to start by the end of the year. Production at the Gazprom-owned rig, Russia's first such project in the Barents Sea, was delayed last year after similar action. Gazprom put the delay down to technical reasons. A Russian coastguard officer, right, points a gun at a Greenpeace...
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