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Greenpeace activists could be charged with terrorism after ship stormed
2013-09-20 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Jumping from helicopters and slithering down ropes, more than a dozen armed Russian coastguard workers boarded a Greenpeace ship and took custody of the activists on board, to stop them from disrupting the work of a controversial oil rig. After a scuffle between the activists and the Russian security forces, the 29 activists, including six British nationals, are apparently being held on board at gunpoint, while the ship is forcibly towed to the Arctic port of Murmansk. The Russian coastguard,...
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