Environment News Service: The Russian parliament has formally adopted an amnesty measure that will end legal proceedings against the Greenpeace Arctic 30.
The Russian lawmakers Wednesday voted for an amendment that extends a broader amnesty decree to defendants charged with hooliganism. It therefore includes the Arctic 30 -- the 28 activists and two freelance journalists who were arrested following a protest at a Gazprom-operated Arctic oil platform in the Pechora Sea on September 18.
Greenpeace activist, left, puts...