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Greenpeace activists are not pirates. Even Putin knows that
2013-10-03 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
John Sauven: Twenty-eight Greenpeace activists from 18 different countries, and two independent journalists, have been charged in Russia with piracy with a maximum 15 years in prison. This is despite president Putin saying last week: "Obviously, they are not pirates". But what is obvious to Putin, speaking in front of the world's press at an Arctic Forum, may become obscured within the labyrinth of the Russian legal system. Greenpeace has been taking direct action at sea for 42 years and in the Russian Arctic...
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