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Putin defends seizure of activists ship but questions piracy charges
2013-09-26 14:37:51| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Vladimir V. Putin said Wednesday that the Russian authorities were justified in seizing a Greenpeace International ship at an offshore oil platform in the Arctic last week, but he questioned whether the activities of the ships 30 crew members warranted the piracy charges that Russian authorities said they would pursue. I dont know the details of what happened there, Mr. Putin said here at an international conference on the Arctic, but obviously they are not pirates. However, formally,...
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