Reuters: Thirty people arrested in Russia over a protest against Arctic oil drilling were moved from the northern city of Murmansk on Monday on their way to pre-trial detention centers in St. Petersburg, federal investigators and Greenpeace said.
The transfer, which follows a reduction of the charges against 28 activists and two journalists, may be aimed to curb international criticism of Russia over what the environmental group says was a peaceful protest.
Activists have reported being confined for...